Hello, Samuel Thibault wrote: > [... problems with bsdutils, man-db uninstallable ...] >> If not, is there anything that a user can do to work around this? > > Use snapshot.debian.net to get a set of version that can work together. > Or help fixing the bug that prevent buildd from building it :) I've investigated why util-linux (the source package of bsdutils) FTBFS on hurd, and I've found out that the latest version (in experimental) did a better job at spotting Linux-specific stuff. I've managed to build it with a small patch: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=492542 The compiled packages are available (with build log) there: http://glondu.net/debian/incoming/ With this, I am now able to install man-db on my hurd box :-) Cheers, -- Stéphane Glondu
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