On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 03:49:59PM -0800, No Spam wrote: > I am attempting to package software via OS-dependent packaging systems > and have it function cross platform across redhat, debian, and solaris. Interesting.
> My understanding is that the problem is that it's trying to chroot to > /opt/foo1, but there is no root filesystem there (for example, no > /bin/sh at /opt/foo1/bin/sh), so there's no way for it to do anything > other than simple copying of files. Is this really what's going on? > Is there no simple way to allow the user to relocate a small subset of > packages without relocating the whole base / install? I'm not sure that that's what's happening, but it makes sense. You can easily install a filesystem with "debootstrap - Bootstrap a basic Debian system". > That is, they are both now on the filesystem (because I put 1.0 in > /opt/foo1 and 2.0 in /opt/foo2), but dpkg only thinks that one copy is > installed. Is the gist here that I need to have a complete private > copy of the packaging database (using --root, which also sets > --admindir, rather than just using --instdir) for each instance? If > so, is there a systematic way that one is supposed to set that up? Its probably using a common /var/lib/dpkg/ area. (The "admin directory, I guess). Cheers, Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
