On Wed, 18 Apr 2018 17:45:19 -0400 mh <mhe...@member.fsf.org> said: > > On 4/18/18 4:56 AM, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > > On Wed, 18 Apr 2018 09:11:33 +0100 Peter Flynn <pe...@silmaril.ie> said: > > > >> Yes, it looks like a build fail. > >> > >> Thanks, Carsten, for suggesting dpkg --purge. I had used apt --purge > >> but it > >> seems that doesn't actually purge everything. > >> > >> Then reinstalling it worked (with a waning) so now it's back and on hold. > >> > >> I know meson is terrribly fashionable these days, but I have tried to get > >> it to work on at least five Linux distros and it's never worked > >> properly -- > >> always been missing some unfindable component. > > ummm maybe its just the distros you tried that don't stay up to date that > > easily? at last arch has been smooth sailing on this, but it's a > > rolling distro > > so it stays relatively up to date :) > > > I'm running Debian sid and have no problems building with meson. just
sid is rolling so that should make it good in terms of being up to date > recompiled new two days ago. unstable and testing are using meson > version 0.45.1-2 right now, stable is at 0.37.1-1 . Arch is at version > 0.45.1-1 ;) > > > > > >> ///Peter > >> > >> On 18 April 2018 03:27:53 Dave <d...@flex.com.au> wrote: > >> > >> Weird. I've downloaded and unpacked that deb file. It just contains the > >> /usr/share/doc/terminology data. No binaries. I'm guessing whoever > >> created > >> it has an automated system for building packages, and it's failing on > >> binary > >> compilation. > >> > >> Your old deb files are located in /var/cache/apt/archives . You can > >> install > >> the previous terminology version from there via dpkg, or download the old > >> version from the repository. Then you can put the package on "hold" by > >> running "echo terminology hold | dpkg --set-selections". That'll > >> prevent it > >> from being automatically upgraded. > >> > >> Otherwise, you could always compile the latest terminology yourself. It's > >> not too hard. Though there is an annoying focus bug present in the latest > >> version, which you may want to avoid until a point release is done. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> dave.k > >> > >> > >> In the year 2018, of the month of April, on the 17th day, Peter Flynn > >> wrote: > >> Sorry, this failed to send earlier. > >> > >> On 17/04/18 12:12, Peter Flynn wrote: > >> [...]> 1 not fully installed or removed. > >> After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. > >> E: Internal Error, No file name for terminology:amd64 > >> > >> Does anyone know where I can get it in a .deb form that won't vanish > >> at an update > >> > >> I did some digging into > >> http://ppa.launchpad.net/niko2040/e19/ubuntu/pool/main/t/terminology/ > >> and found that the two most recent .debs are only 11Kb, which must > >> surely be an error. > >> > >> terminology_1.2.0-0artful0_amd64.deb 2018-04-15 19:20 5.7M > >> terminology_1.2.0-0bionic0_amd64.deb 2018-04-15 19:52 5.7M > >> terminology_1.2.0-0trusty4_amd64.deb 2018-04-15 20:06 11K > >> terminology_1.2.0-0xenial3_amd64.deb 2018-04-15 20:06 11K > >> > >> I've sent Niko an email via launchpad, but does anyone else have a > >> solution? > >> > >> P > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > >> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > >> _______________________________________________ > >> enlightenment-users mailing list > >> enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > >> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > >> _______________________________________________ > >> enlightenment-users mailing list > >> enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > >> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > >> _______________________________________________ > >> enlightenment-users mailing list > >> enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- Carsten Haitzler - ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users