Re: ITP umoria, and general questions for a new developer

[Andreas Rottmann <a.rottmann@gmx.at>]

Peter S Galbraith <GalbraithP@dfo-mpo.gc.ca> writes:

>   I figured this might save some people some time. If you want to
>   set up a small debian install to see if your build dependancies
>   work in the real world, or to find out what build deps your
>   package needs in the first place, just type the following:
>   
>   mkdir /tmp/debian
>   cd /tmp/debian
>   tar zxf <mirror>/debian/dists/unstable/main/disks-i386/current/base2_2.tgz
>   cp /etc/apt/sources.list etc/apt/
>   cp /etc/resolv.conf etc/
>   chroot `pwd` bin/sh
>   apt-get update
>   dpkg --purge lilo
>   yes '' | apt-get -y install build-essential
>   
This is pretty cool, but you'll have to replace unstable in
/debian/dists/unstable/main/disks-i386/current/base2_2.tgz by stable
or frozen, because woody has no base.tgz ... (Just tried it on
ftp.at.debian.org).

Andy
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