Hi, if you have a boring afternoon, you can choose among the following topics:
* dpkg-shlibdeps: Last time I tried it, it crashed the maschine. Find out why and how to fix it. It is a perl script in dpkg-dev. This is probably related to "ldd", which also crashes sometimes. I suggest running the script with some perl tracing activated, for a start, to see where it hangs. * start-stop-daemons: This was a perl script but was rewritten in C for performance. It uses the proc filesystem and refuses to run at all when it can't be found. Find out why/what it does need from proc and rewrite that part in a compatible fashion. This is in dpkg. * update-alternatives: It complains sometimes that it can't setup links. Try installing an editor, for example. This may be related to the usr symlink. * install-info: I have seen "Broken Pipe" output when it is run by dpkg in a postinst script. Try to verify and investigate. It seems not to be serious, but you never know. If you have much time, you can investigate the Init procedure. This is related to the start-stop-daemon issue. Currently, sysvinit is not packaged. Thanks, Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09
