Re: Util-linux (minus disk tools)
David Welton <davidw@gate.cks.com> writes:
> I managed to built util-linux sans disk tools. I'm not entirely sure
> about how to make 'official' packages, as I don't have pgp on my
> netwinder, and I've always used the build tools for i386... I've just
> been running 'debian/rules binary'...
I'll have to write up a FAQ on this... (anybody else want to elaborate)
You can use the "dbuild" package for automating the build process.
PGP is available on non-us.debian.org .
> Anyway, there are things like more (which is nice, because less is
> broken, even after I tried building it...), dmesg, and some other
> goodies.
less works fine for me. I wonder if your kernel is a bit different?
> The only thing I had to do to make it work, besides taking out the
> disk tools, was uncomment the 'semun' definition in <bits/sem.h>.
The current gcc and glibc packages are somewhat broken - particularily
with regards to header files. In particular, the current gcc package
has a bunch of header files in /usr/lib/gcc-lib/include that it has
"fixed". But those came from Corel's libc (because I built gcc
first).
I'm hot on the trail of getting egcs and a new glibc built. I'm
having some problems that I am currently debugging. Hopefully, I'll
have that working by tomorrow. This stuff is "critical" for the port
to really proceed any further.
If you have to resort to editing header files - then it is probably
best to wait for the new packages.
I'm going to put in another 8 hours on this tonight. I hope that's
enough time to figure it out.
> I'm going to see if I can get strace working now, I think. It is one
> of those tools that I use for everything.
Talk to Jim Studt <jim@federated.com> - he wrote to me saying that he
had strace done (but didn't know how to apply to become a Debian
developer).
> The util-linux packages are in my home directory on master.debian.org.
Cool.
Cheers,
- Jim
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