Hello, I had makeinfo, that was OK. It wanted to build the Post Script hurd.ps, and as far as I know, you need TeX for this. The Hurd built OK but failed on the install when it overwrote some libraries; I should have written the message down. Copied the deb to the root partition and installed it single user.
Got a few strange messages whilst building up the system, but it was the first time that I had a full system. Next tar ball I will write everything down more carefully. Have not build tetex yet, but the Hurd here will compile happily for two or three hours, and not need any reboots. I had the same problem building gcc and the kernal in Linux, but since I underclocked the problem has gone away. Thanks for your advice Chris Weil, Stefan 3732 EPE-24 wrote: > Hello, > > maybe the Hurd build wants tetex because doc needs makeinfo and makeinfo > is in tetex? It is a waste of disk space to install tetex just to get > makeinfo. makeinfo is a simple C source (distributed with texinfo and > other packages) and could be installed without tetex. > > Regards, > Stefan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Lingard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, November 06, 1999 9:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Trying to build the Hurd > > I an trying to learn about the Hurd. One day, I would like to help with > the testing and development. > > I have got a tar ball and installed various packages to get a > development system. I can build packages from source, such as bash and > make. > > I though I had enough to build the Hurd itself so I got the source from > CVS. I run > dpkg-buildpackage -uc -B and all the binaries build, at least I > think so. It fails trying to build the documentation, and wants package > tetex. The problem is that tetex depends on dpkg-perl, and I cannot > find this anywhere in the Package index, or in the binary directories. I > have built TeX on several UNIX boxes so may try this next. > > Could you please advice me on the best way to complete the build. Also, > once it is complete, what is the Debian/Hurd way to install what I have > built. Can I just tar my hurd partition, in Debian, so as to recover > it later; return to the Hurd and do a make install in the build > directory. > > Many thanks > > Chris Lingard > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
