On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 06:24:56PM -0500, Daniel E . Baumann wrote: > Well after I changes my sources.list to point at alpha.gnu.org along with a > debian mirror bsdutils now wants to be upgraded. I can select gcc and download > the debs using aptitude and it wants to upgrade bsdutils, dpkg, and gnumach. > It however will not install them (I figure it wouldn't). Is there some way > that could get aptitude (apt still bitches about the sysvinit dependency not > bening met) to call dpkg with --root=/gnu and get it to cross install?
You'd have to use dpkg-cross, as the preinst, postinst can't be run (the Hurd binaries don't run in a linux system). But even dpkg-cross doesn't run the pre and post install scripts (it can't), so you may lack some tweaks or config settings. > I'm > gonna do some digging and see if I can come up with a solution, but if anyone > has any idea I'd appreciate it. Install using the Hurd. Do you only want to have a Hurd installation, or actually use it? :) > BTW, how are you guys getting apt to work > under the HURD if there are all these unmet dependencies? The dependencies have to be tweaked. With alpha.gnu.org stuff, my hurd standard set was happy, but the dpkg shellutils/login stuff broke it. Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org Check Key server Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org for public PGP Key [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
