On Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 08:40:44AM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > Steps: > > grab base.tgz from potato > setup resolv.conf and sources.list for potato > chroot in > apt-get install dpkg-dev build-essential (due to a bug in apt, you have to > isntall dpkg-dev first) > apt-get install strace (you won't get the chance later) > apt-get install libncurses5-dev libreadline4-dev libssl09-dev libzvt-dev > ... > ... > segfault > > dpkg appears to die during the dpkg --unpack of the 30 some packages at once. > I could not figure out how to get strace to give me the entire command line so > I could try to run dpkg by hand. > > This dies for me every time I try it.
Apt has some debug settings that will show you the dpkg command line, IIRC. -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
