On Wed, 15 Jan 2014 14:58:26 -0500 Robert Heller <[email protected]> said:
> At Tue, 14 Jan 2014 07:59:36 -0500 Robert Heller <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > At Mon, 13 Jan 2014 17:18:06 -0500 Enlightenment users discussion & support > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 12:11:38 -0500 > > > Robert Heller <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > >I just finished building and installing E18 in a 32-bit Debian 6.0.8 > > > >VM: > > > > > > > > > > First, Debian 6.08 is pretty damn old... You really should upgrade > > > unless it's impossible for some reason. > > > apt-get-update; apt-get dist-upgrade > > > > I have a specific reason for using Debian 6.08 -- another part of the > > project I am working on depends on it. > > > > > > > > You show aptitude package output for I'm presuming source packages. > > > Where did these packages come from? > > > > > > Couple questions: > > > * Have you tried to build from tarballs from enlightenment.org? > > > ** no > > > *** try doing that, following the directions on the site. > > > > They are packages I created from the tarballs from enlightenment.org. > > OK, I found the problem: F!@#$%^& Debian package build system is borked: it > does not warn you when you fail to include 'installed' files in the deb > packages when you are building a multi binary package (basically any library > package with a lib<mumble>V and and lib<mumble>-dev package). Red Hat's > rpmbuld fails with an error if you leave files out -- you are forced to > either include the files or else delete them after they get fake root > installed -- that is *every* installed file must be accounted for. Debian > package builder only complains if you try to package files that weren't > installer, but quietly ignores files leftover (installed but not packaged). > Bad, very bad! After fixing this, E18 works properly under Debian 6 and 7. aaah. this is a common error - i have seen many broken packages as a result of this (well reports that are a result of them) the crashing of e on start is a new behavior though... :) > > > > > > > > * Did you already have e1[67] installed? > > > ** yes > > > *** did you remove *all* remnants of that install prior to building? > > > > Yes, I had E17 installed and I believe I removed *all* remnants of that > > install. > > > > Oh, BTW: E18 also crashes on Debian 7, and yes it also had E17 installed > > and yes I believe I removed *all* remnants of that install. > > > > Is there something I can check to be totally sure E17 was properly cleaned > > off? > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Regards, > > > Christopher Barry > > > > > > Random geeky fortune: > > > All most men really want in life is a wife, a house, two kids and a car, > > > a cat, no maybe a dog. Ummm, scratch one of the kids and add a dog. > > > Definitely a dog. > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. > > > Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For > > > Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. > > > Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. > > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > > > _______________________________________________ > > > enlightenment-users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 / [email protected] > Deepwoods Software -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ > () ascii ribbon campaign -- against html e-mail > /\ www.asciiribbon.org -- against proprietary attachments > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. > Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For > Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. > Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
