On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 08:49:26AM -0500, Dallas Clement wrote: > Here is my scenario: > > I built a binary libc6-i386.deb package on my Debian host and installed > it on another host which has nothing but a bare Linux 2.6.21.1 kernel > and a static busybox 1.6.0 installed. I used the busybox 'dpkg' command > to install the package. Everything went fine and the output of the 'dpkg > -l' command is:
[...] > When I try to install this package, it fails during the installation. > This is the error I get: > > dpkg: package busybox depends on libc6-i386, which is not installed or > flagged to be installed > > > I cannot understand why I am getting this error, when clearly the > libc6-i386 package is installed as you can see from the previous 'dpkg > -l' output. [...] > Clearly, the libc6-i386 package is installed. > > Is there anything else that 'dpkg' checks other than this 'status' file > to do the dependency check? Is it just a simple package name check, or > is there more involved? > > Any insight you could provide will be greatly appreciated! I'm at my > wit's end trying to get this to work. It looks like you are doing the right thing to me, ie if you were using the real dpkg I believe it would work. Perhaps busybox's emulation is buggy. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list busybox@busybox.net http://busybox.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/busybox
