On Thu, Jan 14, 1999 at 03:04:25PM +0000, M.C. Vernon wrote: > Dear Marcus, > > Native-install doesn't work properly either: > > ./MAKEDEV: dirname: command not found > chown: root: invalid user > > This is in part due to native-install trying to copy share/base-passwd > (which doesn't exist) - I've fixed this. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You need base-passwd package if you don't use the tar file. > Also, ./MAKEDEV doesn't have /usr/bin in it's path :(. Having added device > files in / instead of in /dev (which may well be due to the above), I'm > going to wipe and start again. Oh. Seems that more problems are popping up without the symlink :) You are doing pioneer work, Matthew! > I'll edit MAKEDEV accordingly, but this should be incorporated into the > base files probably IMHO. Send me the patch, I will put it in the Hurd package. Marcus -- "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
