Re: need some help, please

[Marcel Harkema <marcel@debian.org>]

On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 01:06:36PM +0200, cavok@tech.netway.it wrote:
> 
> ok, i went with anonymous cvs. downloaded boot-floppies. stopped.
> 
> i have some question to ask you: 
> 
> *) i can't read sgml documentation. i haven't ever used sgml tools,
>    so i installed debiandoc-sgml packages, but debiandoc2html
>    doesn't do what i thought.

  'debiandoc2html -d /usr/lib/sgml/declaration/debiandoc.decl
  release-notes.sgml', etc.  works for me.

> *) part of the debian archive is required in order to make
>    floppies. well, which part? i've a dialup workstation, i
>    can't download all the unstable tree. see my output at 2*

  Read the README* files in the archive.  You need to mirror parts of the
  debian archive.  Edit the 'config' file and use 'make check' to check if
  you have all the packages.

> *) from within boot-floppies i try to run ./debian/rules but it
>    spreads out that (i added some number for reference on the left):
> 
>         [dom@grullo ~]$ cd boot-floppies/
>         [dom@grullo ~/boot-floppies]$ ./debian/rules
>         test -f rootdisk.sh -a -f debian/rules
>         make release
>     1*  find: ../../Incoming/: No such file or directory

  Edit 'config'.

>     2*  find: /archive/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-i386: No such file or directory
>         make[1]: Entering directory `/home/dom/boot-floppies'
>         mkdir -p updates
>         make utils

  Edit 'config'.

>     1*  find: ../../Incoming/: No such file or directory

  Edit 'config'.

>     2*  find: /archive/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-i386: No such file or directory
>         make[2]: Entering directory `/home/dom/boot-floppies'
>         make -C utilities KVER=2.2.10
>         make[3]: Entering directory `/home/dom/boot-floppies/utilities'
>         make -C libfdisk KVER=2.2.10 libfdisk.a
>         make[4]: Entering directory `/home/dom/boot-floppies/utilities/libfdisk'
>         make[4]: `libfdisk.a' is up to date.
>         make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/dom/boot-floppies/utilities/libfdisk'
>         make -C dbootstrap KVER=2.2.10 INCLUDE_DBOOTSTRAP=1 build-objects
>         make[4]: Entering directory `/home/dom/boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap'
>         make -C po
>         make[5]: Entering directory `/home/dom/boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap/po'
>         make[5]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
>         make[5]: Leaving directory `/home/dom/boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap/po'
>         gen-header C.mo

  Edit 'config'. :)

>     3*  make[4]: gen-header: Command not found
>         make[4]: *** [lang.h] Error 127
>         make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/dom/boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap'
>         make[3]: *** [all] Error 2
>         make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/dom/boot-floppies/utilities'
>         make[2]: *** [utils] Error 2
>         make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/dom/boot-floppies'
>         make[1]: *** [build] Error 2
>         make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/dom/boot-floppies'
>         make: *** [build] Error 2
>         [dom@grullo ~/boot-floppies]$

  Install 'pointerize'.

>    it seems expecting to be extracted in a particular filesistem with other
>    expected directories.
> 
> *) what is gen-header? where i can find it?

  See the 'pointerize' package.

> sorry if these question could be solved reading sgml doc, but as i told,
> i couldn't manage to translate it in some common format.

  See the README* files in the archive.

> meanwhile i'm downloading boot images, so i can dissect installation disks.
> 
> any help is *very* appreciated :))
> 
> ciao

  Cheers,

         Marcel