that makes no difference, it just builds the package without actually switching to root, otherwise you are doing unnecessary work with extra privileges.
On 8/31/07, Thomas Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > did you have a look at the pupeno blog link? He suggests using fakeroot > apt-get source build. > > Not sure why the fakeroot, but perhaps it makes a difference. > > thomas. > > > > *"Anatoly Yakovenko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* > > 08/31/2007 01:56 PM > To > Thomas Hartman/ext/[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc > haskell-cafe@haskell.org Subject > Re: [Haskell-cafe] trying to install gutsy's libghc6-mtl-dev from source > on feisty > > > > > yea, i built the deb from gutsy's deb-src repository using apt-get source > --build. i am trying to figure out why that deb that i build doesn't work > > On 8/31/07, *Thomas Hartman* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > wrote: > > you may want to generate the .deb rather than take the deb that was > packaged for gutsy. > * > **http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2007-April/024137.html > *<http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2007-April/024137.html> > > pupeno's guide to do this: > * > **http://pupeno.com/2006/12/17/unstable-packages-on-ubuntu/ > *<http://pupeno.com/2006/12/17/unstable-packages-on-ubuntu/> > > > > *"Anatoly Yakovenko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>*> > * > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 08/31/2007 01:42 PM > > To > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <haskell-cafe@haskell.org> cc > Subject > [Haskell-cafe] trying to install gutsy's libghc6-mtl-dev from > source on feisty > > > > > > > i have ghc6_6.6.1-2ubuntu2_i386.deb and > ghc6-prof_6.6.1-2ubuntu2_i386.deb installed, but i cant seem to get > mtl to install, can someone tell me what this output means? i just > switched to a debian based system from gentoo, so i dont grok dpkg > yet: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo dpkg -i libghc6-mtl-dev_1.0.1-2_i386.deb > (Reading database ... 129709 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace libghc6-mtl-dev 1.0-3 (using > libghc6-mtl-dev_1.0.1-2_i386.deb) ... > ghc-pkg: cannot find package mtl-1.0 > dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 > dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... > ghc-pkg: cannot find package mtl-1.0 > dpkg: error processing libghc6-mtl-dev_1.0.1-2_i386.deb (--install): > subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 > Reading package info from stdin ... done. > ghc-pkg: dependency base-2.0 doesn't exist (use --force to override) > dpkg: error while cleaning up: > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > libghc6-mtl-dev_1.0.1-2_i386.deb > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list* > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org>* > **http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe*<http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe> > > > --- > > This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you > > are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) > please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any > unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this > e-mail is strictly forbidden. > > > --- > > This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you > > are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) > please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any > unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this > e-mail is strictly forbidden. >
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