On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 06:03:44AM -0700, christianlavoie@nupedia.com wrote: > >> I'm trying to install MOSIX on a home cluster right now, and cannot > >> use your packages (progeny installation). > > > >Why don't the packages work on progeny ? Can you send me the exact error > > Version conflict with (amongst a few others) libc6. I haven't used progeny yet, but I thought they do rename some packages. Could this be an issue ? Some people have tried the debs on debian-beowulf, and they work fine. The dependency on libc6 2.3.1 is a bit too harsh, and I believe it would work with older libcs too. > I think a script that parses the relevant file and prepends mosrun -h > where applicable would be the only solution. The problem lies in > the Debian way to do things (not that its really a bug, but rather > that MOSIX reqs are exotic enough to fall out of the Debian Way > writers' planning): You shouldn't modify files that you don't own > (package-wise) other than thru provided scripts. The /etc/inittab > owning package is not providing a MOSIX interface, and is not of > much help right now. > You could either fill a bug to the relevant package and try to get > the maintainer to add MOSIX-specific scripts that ensure the package > is up to date with latest MOSIX-way, or try ot figure out a kludge > that updates everything... and hopes that the said scripts will not > have to face new versions of config files. I could do that, but it doesn't sound like too good an idea. The mosix packages are Priority: extra anyways. Mosix is going to be used by *very* few people, and getting core packages to recognise the changes it makes doesn't sound like an idea that will be acceptable to most people. viral -- For long you live and high you fly, but only if you ride the tide, And balanced on the biggest wave, you race towards an early grave.
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