Re: Compiling debian sources always fails
On 23 Jan 2001, Alex Pennace wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 11:30:08AM +0000, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> > I've just tried to compile the debian source file for qmail.
> > It fails with a fatal error: "unable to find user alias".
> > This has happened with other source files as well.
>
> At some point base-passwd got rid of the assignments for qmail users
> that qmail depended on; coincident to that change was a new qmail-src
> package that added its own users for qmail. Check that you are using
> the latest qmail-src.
>
>
There doesn't seem to be anything on Woody. The latest I can find is the
one on potato, which is the one that doesn't work.
Anthony
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