In message <20101107155831.67847.qm...@joyce.lan>,
John Levine wrote:
>In article <24360.1289127...@tristatelogic.com> you write:
>>I need to get sources for the Linux version of certain programs that
>>reside in a package called "bsdutils".
>
>So get them, already. No need to screw around wit
In message <20101107140353.5...@unknown>, you wrote:
>On Sun, 7 Nov 2010 08:52:00 -0500
>Chris Brennan wrote:
>
>> I am going to take a stab in the dark here and suggest that some sort
>> of db needs to be built for apt ... clues in the part /var/db..
>> (man apt-get?)
>
>"apt-get update
Oops ... the current release of util-linux being available here
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/
"Opportunity is most often missed by people because it is dressed in
overalls and looks like work."
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Ronald what EXACTLY are you trying to accomplish here?
The bsdutils are a collection of commands from the 4.4BSD era that are now
included in the util-linux package which is available from Kernel.org
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/
"Opportunity is most often missed by people
On Sun, Nov 07, 2010 at 02:51:52AM -0800, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
>
>
> I need to get sources for the Linux version of certain programs that
> reside in a package called "bsdutils". I have built and installed
> the "apt-get" program and now I'm just trying to use it, and things
> are going ve
On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 9:58 AM, John Levine wrote:
> In article <24360.1289127...@tristatelogic.com> you write:
> >I need to get sources for the Linux version of certain programs that
> >reside in a package called "bsdutils".
>
> So get them, already. No need to screw around with Linux binary
>
In article <24360.1289127...@tristatelogic.com> you write:
>I need to get sources for the Linux version of certain programs that
>reside in a package called "bsdutils".
So get them, already. No need to screw around with Linux binary
installers, particularly not on the FreeBSD list:
http://packag
On Sun, 7 Nov 2010 08:52:00 -0500
Chris Brennan wrote:
> I am going to take a stab in the dark here and suggest that some sort
> of db needs to be built for apt ... clues in the part /var/db..
> (man apt-get?)
"apt-get update"
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Bruce Cran
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On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 5:51 AM, Ronald F. Guilmette
wrote:
>
>
> I need to get sources for the Linux version of certain programs that
> reside in a package called "bsdutils". I have built and installed
> the "apt-get" program and now I'm just trying to use it, and things
> are going very badly in
I need to get sources for the Linux version of certain programs that
reside in a package called "bsdutils". I have built and installed
the "apt-get" program and now I'm just trying to use it, and things
are going very badly indeed.
Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong here? The errors I am
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