On Sun, 4 Apr 1999, Riley Williams wrote:
} Hi Karl.
}
} >>> Your diagnosis is correct, and I believe the 16-bit assembler
} >>> "as86" is in what both Red Hat and Debian call the "bin86"
} >>> package. Ironically, this same dependency error also affects
} >>> Debian, and I own the bug (35449) on it.
}
} >> The solution is to manually install the "bin86" package.
}
} > Just a minute. I have never manually installed any bin86 and I
} > have compiled kernels that have all the ax25-utils set and I get
} > a clean compile. I am using Red Hat version 5.2 and the *real*
} > kernel tree, not the one Red Hat sends with it.
}
} > Why do I not get the errors?
}
} I would presume that, since you compile kernels, you installed the
} Development/Languages section of RedHat's installation? The bin86 RPM
} is part of that section, so would have been installed with the rest of
} that section...
}
} To check, type the following command:
}
} Q> rpm -qi bin86
I did that Riley and it says it's installed and it is true I must
have told Red Hat to do that. I seem to recall it being a wanted item to
install but it may have been one that is optional, will check the next
time I install a new one...
}
} Best wishes from Riley.
}
} +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
} | There is something frustrating about the quality and speed of Linux |
} | development, ie., the quality is too high and the speed is too high, |
} | in other words, I can implement this XXXX feature, but I bet someone |
} | else has already done so and is just about to release their patch. |
} +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
} * ftp://ftp.MemAlpha.cx/pub/rhw/Linux
} * http://www.MemAlpha.cx/kernel.versions.html
}
}
Best wishes
- Karl F. Larsen, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (505) 524-3303 -
