Hi J.F.Gratton! On Sun, 22 Jul 2001, J.F.Gratton wrote:
> > > > cp from potato doesn't have the -L option. > > > > Maybe you should upgrade fileutils manually first (maybe recompiling > > if it doesnt install: cd; apt-get source -b fileutils; dpkg -i > > fileutils-xxxx.deb). > > > > chris > > OK I tried that ... still stuck... here's what I got : > > It fetched fileutils 4.1-2.diff.gz, .dsc and .orig.tar.gz .. so far so > good. > > Next line after the downloads and starts compiling I get this, and I can't > figure how to get out of this (this install is turning into a nightmare > !): > > so here's my new error: > > file=./'echo cs | sed 's,.*/,,''.gmo && rm -f $file && PATH=../src:$PATH \ > no -o $file cs.po > /bin/sh: no: command not found > Hhmm, i THINK you're missing the gettext package. And instead of 'no' it should read 'msgfmt' here. I had a similar problem some time ago when i compiled mutt from source. Disabling NLS (national language support) should help as well. HTH, Stefan -- Freedom begins when you tell Mrs. Grundy to go fly a kite.