On 6 Mar 1999, Steve Dunham wrote: >Steve McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On Sat, 6 Mar 1999, Steve Dunham wrote: > >> >Steve McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> >> So, where are we up to for sparc/alpha. The m68k stuff is sorted now, as >> >> is the i386. Where have we got to on fixing the last few dependencies? >> >> I've added "exclude" support to slink_cd as a last-miute hack to allow us >> >> to simply lose any final problem packages, I'll be sending this out >> >later. >> >> I'm going to be building the m68k, i386 and source CD images overnight on >> >> cdimage.debian.org ready for people to test them... > >> >How exactly does "exclude" work? Does it rebuild all of the Packages >> >files or just the master ones for the CD? > >> Just the ones for the CD. It works as a modifier in the genlist stage - >> where it used to check for which of the first 2 CDs a main package should >> go on, there's now a third option EXCLUDED where the package will simply >> be ignored. The syntax is simple - exclude-$ARCH should list package >> names. > >Ok. When does the CD need to be ready? There is one last binary >sparc package in incoming, to sync up with the versions in other >architectures. I can manually merge it into my local archive and >generate the CDs now, or I can wait until dinstall and generate the >CDs late tonight (circa 1800 EST).
It's probably better to wait... -- Steve McIntyre, CURS CCE, Cambridge, UK. [EMAIL PROTECTED] "It's actually quite entertaining to watch ag129 prop his foot up on the desk so he can get a better aim." [ seen in ucam.chat ] Finger for PGP key
