The cross-install script I downloaded tonight from
master.debian.org didn't work due to a missing semicolon.
--- cross-install~ Sun May 30 01:42:21 1999
+++ cross-install Sun May 30 05:33:56 1999
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
echo your mind. Thank you.
exit 0
fi
- if [ x$x = xy ] then
+ if [ x$x = xy ] ; then
echo
echo Setting up link from usr to root directory to comply with
Hurd philosophy.
rm -f ${dest}/usr
dpkg-hurd hit an error when I tried to install dpkg-awk_0.7.2.deb
with it, because the description of that package contains the
string "Package:".
--- dpkg-hurd~ Sun May 30 01:42:13 1999
+++ dpkg-hurd Sun May 30 05:58:48 1999
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
action="${1}"
file="${2}"
- name=`dpkg --info ${file} | grep Package: - | sed -e "s/ Package: //"`
+ name=`dpkg --info ${file} | grep '^ Package:' - | sed -e "s/ Package:
//"`
[ -f ${file} ] || err "file \`${file}' does not exist"
