Re: dpkg-shlibdeps (was Re: Cannot install HURD: bsdutils missing)

2002-05-08 Thread Robert Millan
On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 10:37:37AM -0400, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: Well, it should do that already. However, it doesn't come up with zlib1g when you search for /lib/libz.so.1 (sorry for the gzip, I meant zlib1g really). This is, as you suspect, because a leading / makes it look for a full

Re: dpkg-shlibdeps (was Re: Cannot install HURD: bsdutils missing)

2002-05-08 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 06:11:18PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: Are you sure it's necessary to fallback on a lower level? When you want to compare two paths, no matter they are real or not, comparing the realpath() result of each other will assure that they are the same file. Sure, but realpath

Re: dpkg-shlibdeps (was Re: Cannot install HURD: bsdutils missing)

2002-05-04 Thread Robert Millan
On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 02:02:27PM -0400, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 12:51:12PM -0400, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: There is no logic in putting symlinks into all packages. The whole purpose of having the usr symlink is for packages that install into /usr. If we were going

Re: dpkg-shlibdeps (was Re: Cannot install HURD: bsdutils missing)

2002-05-04 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 07:45:04AM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: okay then. btw, dpkg -S needs fixing too? you mean that dpkg -S /lib/libz.so.1 should come up with gzip? Take it up with the dpkg maintainers. Last time I looked at it the opinion was (IIRC) that it is too expensive to compare

Re: dpkg-shlibdeps (was Re: Cannot install HURD: bsdutils missing)

2002-05-04 Thread Robert Millan
On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 10:11:47AM -0400, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 07:45:04AM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: okay then. btw, dpkg -S needs fixing too? you mean that dpkg -S /lib/libz.so.1 should come up with gzip? Yes, but i had in mind and that dpkg -S

Re: dpkg-shlibdeps (was Re: Cannot install HURD: bsdutils missing)

2002-05-04 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 11:26:53AM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 10:11:47AM -0400, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 07:45:04AM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: okay then. btw, dpkg -S needs fixing too? you mean that dpkg -S /lib/libz.so.1 should

Re: dpkg-shlibdeps (was Re: Cannot install HURD: bsdutils missing)

2002-05-03 Thread Robert Millan
On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 09:01:12PM -0400, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: No. See http://lists.debian.org/debian-dpkg/2002/debian-dpkg-200204/msg00094.html I think this problem needs to be fixed in the root, having a usr - . simlink on the DESTDIR of every debian package when it's being built on

Re: dpkg-shlibdeps (was Re: Cannot install HURD: bsdutils missing)

2002-05-03 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 09:21:43AM -0700, Grant Bowman wrote: * Robert Millan [EMAIL PROTECTED] [020503 08:37]: On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 09:01:12PM -0400, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: No. See http://lists.debian.org/debian-dpkg/2002/debian-dpkg-200204/msg00094.html I think this problem

Re: dpkg-shlibdeps (was Re: Cannot install HURD: bsdutils missing)

2002-05-03 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 12:51:12PM -0400, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: There is no logic in putting symlinks into all packages. The whole purpose of having the usr symlink is for packages that install into /usr. If we were going to change packages, they should not install into /usr in the first

Re: dpkg-shlibdeps (was Re: Cannot install HURD: bsdutils missing)

2002-05-03 Thread Grant Bowman
Marcus, Relax, I'm agreeing with you. You must have too much time on your hands like I do at the moment. Please trust in the process, go write some code and let other people work out their own issues. -- -- Grant Bowman[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: dpkg-shlibdeps (was Re: Cannot install HURD: bsdutils missing)

2002-05-03 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 11:06:10AM -0700, Grant Bowman wrote: Marcus, Relax, I'm agreeing with you. You must have too much time on your hands like I do at the moment. Actually not, that's why I didn't read Robert's mail carefully enough. Please trust in the process, go write some code

Re: dpkg-shlibdeps (was Re: Cannot install HURD: bsdutils missing)

2002-05-03 Thread Grant Bowman
* Marcus Brinkmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] [020503 11:14]: Yeah, uh, like a patch for dpkg-shlibdeps, which I will send to the BTS now. Excellent news, thanks very much for doing this important work! Cheers, -- -- Grant Bowman[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: dpkg-shlibdeps (was Re: Cannot install HURD: bsdutils missing)

2002-05-03 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 11:29:07AM -0700, Grant Bowman wrote: * Marcus Brinkmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] [020503 11:14]: Yeah, uh, like a patch for dpkg-shlibdeps, which I will send to the BTS now. Excellent news, thanks very much for doing this important work! It's at

Cannot install HURD: bsdutils missing

2002-05-02 Thread Andreas Rottmann
Hi! I'm right now trying to install the HURD (once again :-)), but when executing /.coss-install /gnu --download mirror' it complains about now finding bsdutils. I checked the main archive and it's really not there ('ls pool/main/u/util-linux/*hurd*' yields nothing at all). Why is this, and can

Re: Cannot install HURD: bsdutils missing

2002-05-02 Thread Robert Millan
Hi Andreas, On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 12:07:28PM +0200, Andreas Rottmann wrote: I'm right now trying to install the HURD (once again :-)), the Hurd is installed when untarring baseHurd.tgz, you mean you're installing Debian GNU/Hurd but when executing /.coss-install /gnu --download mirror'

Re: Cannot install HURD: bsdutils missing

2002-05-02 Thread Ryan M. Golbeck
Andreas Rottmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm right now trying to install the HURD (once again :-)), but when executing /.coss-install /gnu --download mirror' it complains about now finding bsdutils. I checked the main archive and it's really not there ('ls pool/main/u/util-linux/*hurd*'

Re: Cannot install HURD: bsdutils missing

2002-05-02 Thread Andreas Rottmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ryan M. Golbeck) writes: Andreas Rottmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm right now trying to install the HURD (once again :-)), but when executing /.coss-install /gnu --download mirror' it complains about now finding bsdutils. I checked the main archive and it's really

Re: Cannot install HURD: bsdutils missing

2002-05-02 Thread Wolfgang Jährling
Hi! Andreas Rottmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm right now trying to install the HURD (once again :-)), but when executing /.coss-install /gnu --download mirror' it complains about now finding bsdutils. I checked the main archive and it's really not there ('ls pool/main/u/util-linux/*hurd*'

Re: Cannot install HURD: bsdutils missing

2002-05-02 Thread Grant Bowman
* Wolfgang Jährling [EMAIL PROTECTED] [020502 09:54]: A part of the archive (including the bsdutils package) is still on ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/debian-libio. Out of curiosity, why is that? Probably just convience for porting. I'm starting to compile some packages I haven't found on

Re: Cannot install HURD: bsdutils missing

2002-05-02 Thread Jeff Bailey
On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 10:09:49AM -0700, Grant Bowman wrote: A part of the archive (including the bsdutils package) is still on ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/debian-libio. Out of curiosity, why is that? Probably just convience for porting. A number of packages are critical for operations,

dpkg-shlibdeps (was Re: Cannot install HURD: bsdutils missing)

2002-05-02 Thread Grant Bowman
* Jeff Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] [020502 13:21]: On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 10:09:49AM -0700, Grant Bowman wrote: [...] I'm starting to compile some packages I haven't found on either alpha or f.d.o. Nothing fancy yet, just seeing if they package correctly and using them for my own use so

Re: dpkg-shlibdeps (was Re: Cannot install HURD: bsdutils missing)

2002-05-02 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 05:43:33PM -0700, Grant Bowman wrote: Ah thanks Jeff, very interesting. Looks like this has been an issue for quite awhile. Bet on it. From the very first beginnings (eg, four years ago). Any idea when this (with whatever logic) is this going to get merged into the

Re: dpkg-shlibdeps (was Re: Cannot install HURD: bsdutils missing)

2002-05-02 Thread Grant Bowman
* Marcus Brinkmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] [020502 18:04]: On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 05:43:33PM -0700, Grant Bowman wrote: Ah thanks Jeff, very interesting. Looks like this has been an issue for quite awhile. Bet on it. From the very first beginnings (eg, four years ago). Whoa, I guess I hit a