On Sat, 27 Apr 2002, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > On Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 11:46:25AM +0200, Michael Krueger wrote: > > I have tested the new libio-enabled Debian GNU/Hurd system and I > > encountered some problems regarding some packages: > > Thanks for the testing. You are the first to test it in the current state > from scratch. > > > libdb2 had to be removed because it pre-depends on the old libc0.2, not on > > libc0.3. > > Some important packages depend on this one, e.g. apt-utils. I think it > > should be rebuilt > > on the new system. > > The pre-dependency is hard coded into the package, so a recompilation > doesn't fix it. But version 2:2.7.7.0-7 fixes that, so we should build the > new version.
The new version is today's ftp pulse. > > > "apt-get update" fails because the Packages file on > > 'ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable main' can't be correctly parsed: > > * package libauthen-smb-perl has an empty "Depends:" section > > * package libweakref-perl has also the same problem > > Perhaps the maintainers of these packages should be contacted, > > or possibly this is a consequence of the libdb2 problem. > > No, it is simply a consequence of building with a broken perl, or so. I am > not sure, but it was fixed by recompiling, and the fixed packages will > enter the archive in 6 hours 30 minutes. Both of these are in today's ftp pulse. > > Some important packages are still not in the archives: > > * screen (for virtual terminals) > > Will be there in 6:30, suffered from the gid bug. It is in. > > * vim (*the* editor) > > Emacs is there. The hard thing about vim are the build dependencies. Look > at the list and flinch. Well, enough people care about it, or it will be > picked up by the autobuilder. > > > * icewm or an other popular WM for X11 > > You've got your priorities right, mmh? :) In fact, you forgot things like > dpkg in your list, but it is also uploaded. This is not in today's pulse. It is in the tarball so a dummy package should fix dependencies if this is required. Every variant of dpkg is there, but not dpkg itself. > > Nevertheless, you have done a great job creating this new libio-enabled > > Debian GNU/Hurd distribution. Many thanks to the folks out there! > > Thank you. Remember that we are still in the transition. We hope to pick > up regular autobuilding soon, and then all those packages will certainly get > build. > > On Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 11:14:00PM +1200, Philip Charles wrote: > > I should have baseHurd.tgz (the CD version of the tarball) built tomorrow > > and made some progress with the CD file-trees. > > You might be interested in the cross-install and native-install files on > alpha.gnu.org in gnu/hurd/debian-staging. > I have taken a look at the tarball and I will will unpack it and modify native-install so it is suitable for a CD installation. Anything for a quiet life ;) Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818 Fax +64 3 488 2875 Mobile 025 267 9420 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - preferred. [EMAIL PROTECTED] I sell GNU/Linux & GNU/Hurd CDs. See http://www.copyleft.co.nz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
