Re: Problems getting the .debs :(
> Currently, you can't build debian packages natively, as neither a good dpkg
> nor a good dpkg-dev is available. There are three problems:
>
> dpkg reports the wrong architecture
> dpkg-shlibdeps hangs the machine (and I have no clue why)
> dpkg-gencontrol needs a patch (see bug don't-remember-the-number)
>
> Let me know if you are prepared and I will tell you how you build natively
> and still build the package... but it's not easy, unfortunately. I hope this
> will change soon.
Well, it can't be as bad as ***** apache.....
Getting hurd working first is a priority (then there's the anatomy test
this afternoon :(( )....
Matthew
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