Re: Why wouldn't gcc release build on Alpha ?

["Andrei A. Dergatchev" <A.Dergatchev@tn.utwente.nl>]

Hi,

Thanks for the tip from Jean-Paul, I finally managed to get
rid of perl5.6 errors - "apt-get -f install perl-5.6-*" did it for me.
[Thinking about it, perhaps I need to subscribe to some other
Debian lists, not only alpha, to stay tuned with such kind of
questions.]

Back to my g++ build - stage of getting glibc build.

"apt-get -b source glibc" finishes with:

...
rm -f debian/files debian/substvars log-*
rm -f unpacked-source patched-source patched-sourceT -r patched
rm -f `find debian -name 'libc*' -type l`
rm -f `find debian -name '*~' -o -name '#*#'`
test -d alpha-linux && rm -rf alpha-linux
 debian/rules build DEB_BUILD_ARCH=alpha DEB_BUILD_GNU_CPU=alpha DEB_BUILD_GNU_S
YSTEM=linux DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE=alpha-linux DEB_HOST_ARCH=alpha DEB_HOST_GNU_CPU=
alpha DEB_HOST_GNU_SYSTEM=linux DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE=alpha-linux
ls: /usr/src/kernel-headers-*: No such file or directory
ls: /usr/src/kernel-headers-*: No such file or directory
/bin/sh -e prep.sh
I: Unpacking glibc-2.2.1.tar.bz2 as glibc-2.2.1 in temp-unpack/.
prep.sh: bzcat: command not found
I: Overlaying glibc-linuxthreads-2.2.1.tar.bz2 on /etc/apt/glibc-2.2.1/temp-unpa
ck/glibc-2.2.1.
prep.sh: bzcat: command not found
I: Overlaying db2-addon-2.1.3.tar.bz2 on /etc/apt/glibc-2.2.1/temp-unpack/glibc-
2.2.1.
prep.sh: bzcat: command not found
I: Finishing glibc-2.2.1 and removing temp-unpack/
mv: cannot stat `temp-unpack/glibc-2.2.1': No such file or directory
make: *** [unpacked-source] Error 1
Build command 'cd glibc-2.2.1 && dpkg-buildpackage -b -uc' failed.
E: Child process failed
#

Could someone share their experience, apart from noting that I need
kernel headers and bzcat, will I need anything else to complete the build ?

Many thanks to Jean-Paul again !
Regards,

Andrei

Jean-Paul Blaquiere wrote:

> > On Feb 06, Andrei A. Dergatchev scratched in indelible ink :
>
> <snip perl related problems>
>
> I have had similar problems when going from potato to woody on both alpha and
> i386 platforms :(
> the workaround I cannot explicitly remember, but involved
>
> dpkg -i perl5.6-{list of perl packages}
>
> and then an apt-get -f install
>
> HTH
> /Jp...
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