Re: kernel-patch*sparc* and libc-sparc

1998-04-27 Thread James Troup
Eric Delaunay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > James Troup wrote: > > > b) Is there a binary package produced from the libc-sparc source > >package (in oldlibs)? I can't see one looking at > >hamm/hamm/binary-sparc/Packages. If not, I'll ask Guy to > >remove the source package. > > old

Re: Netra I5 (headless box)

1998-04-27 Thread Eric Delaunay
Anders Hammarquist wrote: > Way back in 1.3 days I managed to install debian on a headless sparc. > There is nothing in init that requires that the tty is the console, it > will work (or did at least then) with a serial console. What I did to > get the output in the right place was to change /dev/c

Re: dpkg 1.4.0.22

1998-04-27 Thread Eric Delaunay
Juan Cespedes wrote: > On Tue, Apr 21, 1998 at 11:08:47PM +0200, Eric Delaunay wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I compiled the latest dpkg but it fails to run. dpkg & dselect hang > > before > > reading the database. > > We have had many problems with C++; that could be the reason > of th

Re: kernel-patch*sparc* and libc-sparc

1998-04-27 Thread Juan Cespedes
On Mon, Apr 27, 1998 at 01:37:44PM +0100, James Troup wrote: > Hi, > > [ Just looking at some ftp.debian.org problems in relation to Quinn > Diff, and these are the sparc-related areas ] > > a) Why is kernel-patch*sparc* Architecture: sparc and not >Architecture: all? You don't need a spar

Re: libc 2.0.92-980301-1

1998-04-27 Thread Juan Cespedes
On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 12:50:29PM +0200, Eric Delaunay wrote: > > I heard libm is broken in this libc6 release. Is a new release planned soon ? I'm working on a new version. I'm having a few problems compiling it, but I hope they will be fixed in two or three days. After then,

Re: kernel-patch*sparc* and libc-sparc

1998-04-27 Thread Eric Delaunay
James Troup wrote: > Hi, > > [ Just looking at some ftp.debian.org problems in relation to Quinn > Diff, and these are the sparc-related areas ] > > a) Why is kernel-patch*sparc* Architecture: sparc and not >Architecture: all? You don't need a sparc to install it and cross >compile a s

kernel-patch*sparc* and libc-sparc

1998-04-27 Thread James Troup
Hi, [ Just looking at some ftp.debian.org problems in relation to Quinn Diff, and these are the sparc-related areas ] a) Why is kernel-patch*sparc* Architecture: sparc and not Architecture: all? You don't need a sparc to install it and cross compile a sparc kernel (I assume). m68k's ker