Building dpkg on sparc
I am also trying to build dpkg, both under Solaris and under IRIX.
I have found a few patches necessary, largely due to linux-ism I
guess. With some quick and dirty, I have been able to build dpkg and
dpkg-deb and some assorted utilities under IRIX 6.2. I am currently
under ways to see how well my fixes work under other (solaris for
one).
Give a day or two, I should be able to file a preliminary report to
the dpkg maintainers. If anybody else wants to see the patches (they
are quick and dirty), send me a note and I'll include you on the CC
list.
Note that I am working against 1.4.0.19 (unstable), which was a braver
decision than i first realised :-)
PS
My interest in a non-linux version of dpkg is that we here at the
departement have initiated a major project of bringing our locally
compiled programs under some sort of management. Ufortunately, and
much to my regret, the guy leading the project has started out using
rpm. Step one in fighting that decision is of course to get a working
dpkg. Step two is getting some experience building dpkg packages, for
instance starting with some of the prospective packages I keep saying
I will make :-)
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Christian Lynbech | Computer Science Department, University of Aarhus
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Phone: +45 8942 3218 | lynbech@daimi.aau.dk -- www.daimi.aau.dk/~lynbech
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