Jean-François Mertens wrote: > On 20 May 2008, at 20:30, James Mckenzie wrote: > > >>> I did not look up the cp information but I did find information on >>> the use of setpgrp and setpgid and made the switch to setpgid. >>> > This was useless to me _ cf below _ until Martin had to send me a reply > to trivial questions I asked you a week ago. > > You didn't yet tell us even which was your "cp" command, > which acording to Martin's msg above in the thread looks quite > suspicious, > (besides not answering any questions on your own bug-tracker item...) > _ i.e. : > `which cp` > > dpkg -S `which cp` > > and if relevant, the corresponding output of "fink list -t" ... > > Also, pls in the future, a bug-tracker item is useless if of the form > "I did it this way, and it presumably works for me" .. > > Pls tell first what you are trying to fix _ including your system and > fink data if relevant _ ; i.e., in case of a build error, the specific > command line that failed and subsequent error msgs, > then, if you have, your analysis of the causes of the problem, > and only then, if you have, your list of proposed solutions, > possibly with their advantages and disadvantages, and discussion > as to what systems they might be more appropriate for > and which ones less. > > The latter items are optional, but get as as far as possible into the > list, and anything that follows a skipped item in this list is basically > useless.. > > And at least, when you file bug-reports, reply to questions ! > I found that I had installed fileutils and switched to coreutils and coreutils-default. The package built and installed without problems.
Thank all of you for fixing this. Now to go out and build Wine..... James McKenzie ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users