Re: Installation report
On Sat, 27 Apr 2002, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 11:46:25AM +0200, Michael Krueger wrote:
> > I have tested the new libio-enabled Debian GNU/Hurd system and I encountered some problems regarding some packages:
>
> Thanks for the testing. You are the first to test it in the current state
> from scratch.
>
> > libdb2 had to be removed because it pre-depends on the old libc0.2, not on libc0.3.
> > Some important packages depend on this one, e.g. apt-utils. I think it should be rebuilt
> > on the new system.
>
> The pre-dependency is hard coded into the package, so a recompilation
> doesn't fix it. But version 2:2.7.7.0-7 fixes that, so we should build the
> new version.
The new version is today's ftp pulse.
>
> > "apt-get update" fails because the Packages file on
> > 'ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable main' can't be correctly parsed:
> > * package libauthen-smb-perl has an empty "Depends:" section
> > * package libweakref-perl has also the same problem
> > Perhaps the maintainers of these packages should be contacted,
> > or possibly this is a consequence of the libdb2 problem.
>
> No, it is simply a consequence of building with a broken perl, or so. I am
> not sure, but it was fixed by recompiling, and the fixed packages will
> enter the archive in 6 hours 30 minutes.
Both of these are in today's ftp pulse.
> > Some important packages are still not in the archives:
> > * screen (for virtual terminals)
>
> Will be there in 6:30, suffered from the gid bug.
It is in.
> > * vim (*the* editor)
>
> Emacs is there. The hard thing about vim are the build dependencies. Look
> at the list and flinch. Well, enough people care about it, or it will be
> picked up by the autobuilder.
>
> > * icewm or an other popular WM for X11
>
> You've got your priorities right, mmh? :) In fact, you forgot things like
> dpkg in your list, but it is also uploaded.
This is not in today's pulse. It is in the tarball so a dummy package
should fix dependencies if this is required. Every variant of dpkg is
there, but not dpkg itself.
> > Nevertheless, you have done a great job creating this new libio-enabled
> > Debian GNU/Hurd distribution. Many thanks to the folks out there!
>
> Thank you. Remember that we are still in the transition. We hope to pick
> up regular autobuilding soon, and then all those packages will certainly get
> build.
>
> On Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 11:14:00PM +1200, Philip Charles wrote:
> > I should have baseHurd.tgz (the CD version of the tarball) built tomorrow
> > and made some progress with the CD file-trees.
>
> You might be interested in the cross-install and native-install files on
> alpha.gnu.org in gnu/hurd/debian-staging.
>
I have taken a look at the tarball and I will will unpack it and modify
native-install so it is suitable for a CD installation. Anything for a
quiet life ;)
Phil.
--
Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand
+64 3 488 2818 Fax +64 3 488 2875 Mobile 025 267 9420
philipc@copyleft.co.nz - preferred. philipc@debian.org
I sell GNU/Linux & GNU/Hurd CDs. See http://www.copyleft.co.nz
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-hurd-request@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
Reply to: