On Fri, Dec 04, 1998 at 10:02:05AM +0000, M.C. Vernon wrote: > Dear all, > > I installed marcus's tarball on hurd, but have a few problems: > > /var/lib/dpkg/updates doesn't exist. should I just create this file (or > should it be a directory).
It is a directory, just create it. > Dselect looks for binary-i386 instead of binary-hurd-i386 :( Yeah... something that should be worked on (requires a bit hacking in dpkg sources). You can use "dpkg --force-architecture" to override this safety check. > How do I tell dpkg what packages I have installed? or do I just have to > reinstall them all? Unfortunately, there is no easy way to tell dpkg about this. You can edit the status file, using the "examples" in your Debian GNU/Linux installation. I've done it quite often, but it is not straightforward. Thank you, Marcus PS: A better dpkg fdor the Hurd is my primary concern after getting the base packages done. -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09
