On Wednesday 05 September 2007, Neil Williams wrote: > $ apt-cross -v -a ia64 -b gcc-4.2 > Filename: gcc-4.2_4.2.1-4_ia64.deb > FullPath: > ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gcc-4.2/gcc-4.2_4.2.1-4_ia64.deb > checking gcc-4.2_4.2.1-4_ia64.deb dependencies . . . > Calling 'dpkg-cross -v -b -A --arch ia64' for gcc-4.2_4.2.1-4_ia64.deb > Excluding: gcc binutils gpm cpp debianutils xfree86-common libpam-runtime > xlibs-data debconf tzdata Trying to build: gcc-4.2_4.2.1-4_ia64.deb > Going to convert gcc-4.2_4.2.1-4_ia64.deb > Extracting gcc-4.2_4.2.1-4_ia64.deb > Extracting information from control file > Creating destination package tree > Creating /usr/share/doc/gcc-4.2-ia64-cross/README > Creating control file > Creating md5sums file > dpkg-deb: building package `gcc-4.2-ia64-cross' in > `./gcc-4.2-ia64-cross_4.2.1-4_all.deb'. > > dpkg -c on that file shows no particular errors - all the expected files > are there.
For me it is still failing. And now it is clear that apt-cross is making some blind assumptions when opening the repository files. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ apt-cross -v -a ia64 -b gcc-4.2 Trying gcc-4.2_4.2.1-4_ia64.deb at http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates Trying gcc-4.2_4.2.1-4_ia64.deb at http://security.debian.org testing/updates main Trying gcc-4.2_4.2.1-4_ia64.deb at http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ testing main Trying gcc-4.2_4.2.1-4_ia64.deb at http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing main Trying gcc-4.2_4.2.1-4_ia64.deb at http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ unstable main Trying gcc-4.2_4.2.1-4_ia64.deb at http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main Trying gcc-4.2_4.2.1-4_ia64.deb at http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ experimental main Trying gcc-4.2_4.2.1-4_ia64.deb at http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ experimental main Trying gcc-4.2_4.2.1-4_ia64.deb at http://www.debian-multimedia.org Mirror: http://www.debian-multimedia.org checking gcc-4.2_4.2.1-4_ia64.deb dependencies . . . dpkg-deb: `gcc-4.2_4.2.1-4_ia64.deb' is not a debian format archive Calling 'dpkg-cross -v -b -A --arch ia64' for gcc-4.2_4.2.1-4_ia64.deb dpkg-deb: `gcc-4.2_4.2.1-4_ia64.deb' is not a debian format archive dpkg-cross: conversion of gcc-4.2_4.2.1-4_ia64.deb failed. Excluding: gcc binutils gpm cpp debianutils xfree86-common libpam-runtime xlibs-data debconf tzdata Trying to build: gcc-4.2_4.2.1-4_ia64.deb Going to convert gcc-4.2_4.2.1-4_ia64.deb Extracting gcc-4.2_4.2.1-4_ia64.deb This should be handled ? Debian Multimedia repository is just one of the many external repositories I'm using. And so would be many other users too. Ritesh -- Ritesh Raj Sarraf RESEARCHUT - http://www.researchut.com "Necessity is the mother of invention."
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