Re: Problems compiling debian-installer

[Thiemo Seufer <ica2_ts@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de>]

Frank Kirschner wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I want to compile the latest debian-installer, but have problems with
> dependencies:

Is this from the SVN repository?

[snip]
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   netcfg-static: Depends: libiw27 (>= 26+27pre10)
>   zipl-installer: Depends: base-installer but it is not going to be installed
> E: Broken packages
> make[2]: *** [stamps/get_udebs-generic-stamp] Error 100
> make[1]: *** [_build] Error 2
> make: *** [build_generic] Error 2
> --------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Against which package should I file a bugreport?
> netcfg-static for depending on 'libiw27' instead of 'libiw27-udeb'?

AFAIR libiw27-udeb Provides: libiw27.

> But what about the zipl-installer?

I figure you are trying to build for s390. Apparently the s390 package
list (in installer/build/pkg-lists/) misses libiw27 and base-installer.
Add them and try again.


Thiemo