On Fri, Dec 10, 1999 at 09:00:58PM +0100, Nils Lohner wrote: > > -- debian/rules calls out SHELL = bash - this should be 'sh'
Probably needs to remove some bashisms first. Did you have any problems using Solaris's stock sh? > -- GNU cpio is needed by dpkg-source > > -- gnu tar is needed: > dpkg-source: failure: tar -xkf - gave error exit status 1 Does Solaris come with cpio? If so maybe we can do a check for the proper command line on both of these in configure.in. Maybe there is one common way to make it work on both so there is no compile/runtime problems when switching between the two. > > -- when installing, the po/ dir does not observe the DESTDIR prefix! > ~/misc/debian/dpkg-downloaded/dpkg-1.6.3.mod > make > DESTDIR=/u/lohner/misc/debian/bin install Blame GNU gettext. The Makefile.in.in comes directly from the gettext source and gets overwritten whenever you do gettextize I think. -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
