Re: libc5 backports problem

1997-12-08 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sun, Dec 07, 1997 at 07:11:56PM +0100, Paul Seelig wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hamish Moffatt) writes: > > The only prolbem is that you cannot produce these packages > > on a purely bo system as some have promised/hoped. For example, > > Tim Sailer is offering access to a bo system for backporti

Re: libc5 backports problem

1997-12-07 Thread David Welton
On Sun, Dec 07, 1997 at 10:12:29AM -0500, Alex Yukhimets wrote: > Well, I guess then libc5 machines dedicated to backporting should have > dpkg-dev from hamm installed. And upload newer dpkg-dev to bo-unstable > for consistency. As well as patch from hamm, so that it is possible to unpack hamm

Re: libc5 backports problem

1997-12-07 Thread Alex Yukhimets
> > > Although dpkg-dev from hamm works fine on bo since it is not libc > > > dependent, it's still not possible to backport on a completely-bo > > > given this factor, unless I am missing something .. > > > > As far as I understand, you just told that you can use dpkg-dev from hamm > > to produce

Re: libc5 backports problem

1997-12-07 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sun, Dec 07, 1997 at 08:44:06AM -0500, Alex Yukhimets wrote: > > One problem with doing backports of libc5 packages is that > > dpkg-dev in bo doesn't seem to support pristine sources; > > it complained that the original wasn't in the .orig subdirectory. > > > > Although dpkg-dev from hamm work

Re: libc5 backports problem

1997-12-07 Thread Alex Yukhimets
> One problem with doing backports of libc5 packages is that > dpkg-dev in bo doesn't seem to support pristine sources; > it complained that the original wasn't in the .orig subdirectory. > > Although dpkg-dev from hamm works fine on bo since it is not libc > dependent, it's still not possible to

libc5 backports problem

1997-12-07 Thread Hamish Moffatt
One problem with doing backports of libc5 packages is that dpkg-dev in bo doesn't seem to support pristine sources; it complained that the original wasn't in the .orig subdirectory. Although dpkg-dev from hamm works fine on bo since it is not libc dependent, it's still not possible to backport on