Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I figured this might save some people some time. If you want to > set up a small debian install to see if your build dependancies > work in the real world, or to find out what build deps your > package needs in the first place, just type the following: > > mkdir /tmp/debian > cd /tmp/debian > tar zxf <mirror>/debian/dists/unstable/main/disks-i386/current/base2_2.tgz > cp /etc/apt/sources.list etc/apt/ > cp /etc/resolv.conf etc/ > chroot `pwd` bin/sh > apt-get update > dpkg --purge lilo > yes '' | apt-get -y install build-essential > This is pretty cool, but you'll have to replace unstable in /debian/dists/unstable/main/disks-i386/current/base2_2.tgz by stable or frozen, because woody has no base.tgz ... (Just tried it on ftp.at.debian.org).
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