Re: debian-cd package broken? (hamm)
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you write: OK, I have a few questions. Background: [ Simple responses to most of these, your biggest problem is #4 ] We have a mirror (debian.ssc.com for those on the west coast who hadn't noticed) which makes on-site installs a breeze. However, we have employees who'd like to install Debian at home, so I thought Gee, we have a mirror, why don't I just burn a CD or two? Question 1: Why?? hamm: debian-cd_2.0.3.deb slink: debian-cd_2.0.2.deb Good question... Question 2: (the words hack and frozen both make me nervous in this context) There is a line in 'Configuration': # This is not the released version STATUS=frozen which I changed to STATUS=stable and there is a comment in 'Rules': # Create a dists/ subdir in debian/ subdir of the tmpdir. define init-dists # Hack for frozen (cd $(ARCHIVE); cp -dpRPl dists/$(STATUS) $(TMPDIR_MAIN)/debian) -ln -s $(STATUS) $(TMPDIR_MAIN)/debian/dists/stable -ln -s ../hamm $(TMPDIR_MAIN)/debian/dists/hamm endef OK, it hasn't been updated since hamm was frozen then. Question/Comment 3: I want to burn a hamm CD. I execute 'make binary-i386' and /usr/src/debian-cd/Rules breaks down because it wants to copy fips15.zip and fips15c.zip, but the only file available for it is /home/ftp/pub/debian/tools/fips20.zip. OK, I fixed that. (But perhaps the script should be fixed?) This is a problem on the ftp sites - the tools directories are not release-specific, so updates to them will result in older tools (like debian-cd) breaking. Question 4: Now things move along swimmingly until mkiofs takes off. I guess it's assigning alternate file names. Here is the output, starting with the last line that looks correct to me, followed by a line that looks broken to me, and ending with the abend of the make. [snip] /home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/install/resc1440.bin (resc1440-fast.bin) Unable to open disc image file make: *** [binary-i386] Error 1 Hmmm. Check on where the output iso image should be going and make sure you have write permissions there. I'd guess you're trying to write the images somewhere under the mirror and you're not able to. -- Steve McIntyre, CURS CCE, Cambridge, UK. [EMAIL PROTECTED] I sent ten dollars to death.net and all I got was... well, nothing. Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky, +-- Tongue-tied twisted, Just an earth-bound misfit, I... |Finger for PGP key
Re: debian-cd package broken? (hamm)
Pann McCuaig wrote: OK, I have a few questions. Background: We have a mirror (debian.ssc.com for those on the west coast who hadn't noticed) which makes on-site installs a breeze. However, we have employees who'd like to install Debian at home, so I thought Gee, we have a mirror, why don't I just burn a CD or two? Question 1: Why?? hamm: debian-cd_2.0.3.deb Yes. slink: debian-cd_2.0.2.deb NO! Don't even think about trying to use debian-cd for it. Please subscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] A new method of creating slink cds is being developed there. The hamm package debian-cd is useless for this and will be removed from slink. Question 2: (the words hack and frozen both make me nervous in this context) They do? Maybe some valium may help... :) Regards, Joey -- If you come from outside of Finland, you live in wrong country. -- motd of irc.funet.fi Please always Cc to me when replying to me on the lists.
debian-cd package broken? (hamm)
OK, I have a few questions. Background: We have a mirror (debian.ssc.com for those on the west coast who hadn't noticed) which makes on-site installs a breeze. However, we have employees who'd like to install Debian at home, so I thought Gee, we have a mirror, why don't I just burn a CD or two? Question 1: Why?? hamm: debian-cd_2.0.3.deb slink: debian-cd_2.0.2.deb Question 2: (the words hack and frozen both make me nervous in this context) There is a line in 'Configuration': # This is not the released version STATUS=frozen which I changed to STATUS=stable and there is a comment in 'Rules': # Create a dists/ subdir in debian/ subdir of the tmpdir. define init-dists # Hack for frozen (cd $(ARCHIVE); cp -dpRPl dists/$(STATUS) $(TMPDIR_MAIN)/debian) -ln -s $(STATUS) $(TMPDIR_MAIN)/debian/dists/stable -ln -s ../hamm $(TMPDIR_MAIN)/debian/dists/hamm endef Question/Comment 3: I want to burn a hamm CD. I execute 'make binary-i386' and /usr/src/debian-cd/Rules breaks down because it wants to copy fips15.zip and fips15c.zip, but the only file available for it is /home/ftp/pub/debian/tools/fips20.zip. OK, I fixed that. (But perhaps the script should be fixed?) Question 4: Now things move along swimmingly until mkiofs takes off. I guess it's assigning alternate file names. Here is the output, starting with the last line that looks correct to me, followed by a line that looks broken to me, and ending with the abend of the make. Using HFSUTILS.000;1 for /home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/debian/hamm/hamm/binary-i386/otherosfs/hfsutils_3.1-3.deb (hfsutils-tcltk_3.1-3.deb) Using 2_0.000 for /home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/debian/hamm/hamm/disks-i386/2.0.10_1998-07-17 (2.0.10_1998-07-21) Using RESC1440.000;1 for /home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/debian/hamm/hamm/disks-i386/2.0.10_1998-07-21/resc1440tecra-fast.bin (resc1440.bin) Using RESC1440.001;1 for /home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/debian/hamm/hamm/disks-i386/2.0.10_1998-07-21/resc1440.bin (resc1440tecra.bin) Using RESC1440.002;1 for /home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/debian/hamm/hamm/disks-i386/2.0.10_1998-07-21/resc1440tecra.bin (resc1440-fast.bin) Using RESC1440.000;1 for /home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/debian/hamm/hamm/disks-i386/2.0.10_1998-07-17/resc1440.bin (resc1440tecra.bin) Using RESC1440.000;1 for /home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/install/resc1440tecra.bin (resc1440tecra-fast.bin) Using RESC1440.001;1 for /home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/install/resc1440tecra-fast.bin (resc1440.bin) Using RESC1440.002;1 for /home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/install/resc1440.bin (resc1440-fast.bin) Unable to open disc image file make: *** [binary-i386] Error 1 Any enlightenment would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Pann -- Pann McCuaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] PO Box 55549, Seattle, WA 98155 Technical Manager Phone: (206) 782-7733 ext 122 SSC, Inc. www.ssc.comFax: (206) 782-7191 Linux Journal www.linuxjournal.com
