Re: MySQL on the NetWinder?

[Marko Dinic <maxx@edaptivity.com>]

I tried the rpm's. I got them from netwinder.org
and this is what happens when I try to alien
them... How did you install the rpm's?

localhost:/home/maxx# alien
MySQL-3.22.25-1_nw1.armv4l.rpm
-- Examining MySQL-3.22.25-1_nw1.armv4l.rpm
-- Unpacking MySQL-3.22.25-1_nw1.armv4l.rpm
13998 blocks
----
-- Automatic package debianization
-- Building the package mysql_3.22.25-2_armv4l.deb

dh_testdir
# Nothing to do.
dh_testdir
dh_testroot
dh_clean -k
dh_installdirs
cp -a `ls |grep -v debian` debian/tmp
dh_installdocs
dh_installexamples
dh_installmenu
dh_installcron
dh_installchangelogs
dh_compress
dh_suidregister
dh_installdeb
dh_shlibdeps
dh_gencontrol
dpkg-gencontrol: error: current build architecture
arm does not appear in package's list (armv4l)
dh_gencontrol: command returned error code
make: *** [binary-arch] Error 1
alien: Package build failed.
localhost:/home/maxx# damnit!

Thanks,
Marko

>I havn't used a deb of mysql on the netwinder,
but the rpm version seems to
>work reasonably.  It shouldn't be too difficult
to get some debs of mysql
>working.  I'm not sure about the policy question
though.

>Good luck, it would be nice to get a set of mysql
debs for the winder.

>Chris