Bdale Garbee wrote: > > Ok, but you know. I can't access that directory: permission denied. > > Hmmm. It appears that the directory tree presented to anonymous logins is > not the same one that is presented to registered package developers. Hmmm. > > I'll see about getting you a login on master.
ok, now I have it; so I finally got the packages in Stage1 > In the meantime, to help avoid duplication of effort, here's what I've > built so far: > > $ ls -R sparc > README Stage1 [...] Ok. Do you have any hint on how build the packages? I'm new to Debian, or at least, to Debian packages building. Have I to unpack the source and try to recompile? Are there something to change (like the mantainer)? > I've mostly concentrated on the packages that are in the new source packaging > format. If you want to start by taking the "base" packages that I haven't > built and seeing if you can get Stage1 .deb's for some or all of those, that > would be a good deal. Until now, I have try to install/unistall some packages and everything seems to go well. I'm not sure with "base" packages. I don't want to make my sparc unbootable. > One of the hacks I've pulled is to symlink /etc/init.d and the /etc/rc*.d > directories to their RedHat counterparts in /etc/rc/, so that as I install > things, like xntpd, that need daemon launches, they actually do the right > things. done it. > > What debian for Sparc need? > > Almost everything. :-) As of now, you and I are "it". > > We need a complete set of base packages to build a base system from, and we > need enough of the devel packages built (plus other random things) so that > once > we can bootstrap a base system, it can be a self-hosting development for > further package builds... and a clean rebuild of all of the low-level > packages. yes, obviously! bye Davide -- Davide Barbieri * Direttore editoriale PLUTO Journal - Linux Magazine [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.dei.unipd.it/it/linux/pluto -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
