On Mon, Dec 08, 1997 at 10:22:54PM -0500, Todd Graham Lewis wrote: > Hello! > > I've ported dpkg (dselect and everything) to Solaris, Digital Unix, > and FreeBSD. Basically, the programs themselves run, and if I override > dependencies, etc., then I can install stuff. I've made a number of > packages for each of the platforms, mostly gnu stuff.
Great !! where do the packages install ? /usr/local/ or /usr ? > > I'm planning on writing a complete report when I'm done, so I'll skip > most of the details now. The port was really easy; the biggest issue > so far is that a lot of the make files in blah/debian/rules presume > that /bin/sh is bash, which really screws all sorts of shit up on these > three platforms. Anyway, things are going well. Perhaps it's time to begin filing bug reports on this issue ? > We at Mindspring plan on using dpkg to manage the software on all of > our server machines, if we can get it to do the job to our satisfaction > (which I think we can.) I plan on feeding everything back to the project, > of course, and like I said, I plan on writing and publishing a report on > the project when I'm done. Is anyone else interested in such a project? > Would progress reports to the devel group be appreciated? Certainly :-) Greetings, Christian -- Christian Meder, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] What's the railroad to me ? I never go to see Where it ends. It fills a few hollows, And makes banks for the swallows, It sets the sand a-blowing, And the blackberries a-growing. (Henry David Thoreau) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .