On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 11:08:58AM +0100, Fred wrote: > Hi All, > > I am trying to compile dpkg on FreeBSD 4.6.2 so that I can get the ball > rolling so to speak. From what I have read on the archives I need to get a > patch for dpkg because the libc for NetBSD at least (and presumably > FreeBSD) does not support "obstack". Where can I get this patch? I have > not found a FreeBSD one. > > Also, is the strategy for Debian BSD to use the native libc for > Free/NetBSD? Or is glibc eventually gonna be used leaving only the BSD > kernel and maybe other BSD utils at users discretion? > > Sorry if these are known issues. > > Thanks for your help. > > Cheers, Fred. dpkg, as of the next release, should support NetBSD without patching; the maintainer has an account on (at least) my box, and ftw() now works, so things should be clear. NetBSD is most assuredly using the native libc; a netbsd-libc (libc12) package is available from debian-bsd.lightbearer.com. As for FreeBSD, I know some chunk of work was done on making it use glibc, and at least one of the active glibc folks is wanting to get a FreeBSD box to make sure new things don't break on it. -- Joel Baker <fenton@debian.org>
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