nate said on November 13, 2001 at 22:15 (-0800) >Carl Greco said: >> I get the following error with the command > >> I'm running 2.2r4. dh_clean is part of the debhelper (2.0.86) >> package. dpkg is version 1.6.15 as is dpkg-dev where >> dpkg-buildpackage is located. It would appear that >> debhelper/dh_clean version difference with dpkg and dpkg-dev is the >> problem. Can anyone confirm this or offer another alternative? > >its pretty common with packages from testing or unstable. >sometimes you can get away with changing the rules files >and stuff to bypass the errors and it still works(i did >it with the sysstat package, removed debhelper totally >and it works fine for my needs) > >other packages(like mysql 3.23) are much harder to compile >from testing on potato(i was unsuccessful) > >as for alternative, depends on the package. i haven't >used fetchmail in years so i can't reccomend much. > >nate
Thanks, I was able to get it to build by editing the rules file changing DH_COMPAT from 3 to 2, i.e., export DH_COMPAT=2 and commenting out dh_installman, which removed the fetchmail.1 file from the deb file. It appears everything else is ok but have tried to install it yet. Carl