On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 12:29 AM, Michael Banck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 12:23:36AM +0530, Madhusudan C.S wrote: > > apt-get source glibc and dpkg-buildpackage -uc -B fails for some weird > > compilation errors in bsd files. I forgot to log the errors. Is this a > known > > bug or is it necessary to give the build logs to find out what it is? > > Luckily, glibc keeps a build log for you under debian/, the exact name > of which I do not know by heart. > > > Moreover dpkg-buildpackage again is such a pain. Is there any alternative > > for building and installing glibc from source? > > It's unclear what exactly you mean with `pain', so it is difficult to > suggest alternatives. Pain in the sense it takes a hell lot of time to build on my machine. It took around 6-7 hours or so to build for the first time, that too it did not complete. Also I did not get the logs. I will send in next mail. I think its same as Zhengda reported on IRC. -- Thanks and regards, Madhusudan.C.S Blogs at: www.madhusudancs.info
