On Wednesday 07 March 2001 17:22, I. Forbes wrote: > > Isn't there a security update for that? > > There is, but the update has not been released for slink, just potato, > thats why I needed to recompile it.
Sorry, I misread your email. My brain translates "!=woody" to "==potato". ;) > > Grepping Contents.gz suggests that libfl.a is in package "flex"... > > Thanks, that the clue I needed. > > For the record in addition to "flex", I had to install "bison" and > "mmv", on top of what I had there already. From bind-8.2.3/debian/control: Build-Depends: debhelper, groff, mmv, flex, bison > But this was only the beginning. The thing compiled but dpkg- > buildpackage bombed out because it was trying to install things > into directories such as "debian/bind-dev/usr/share/man" in the > build directory hierarchy - which did not exist. Trying to add them > manually did not seem to help, then I added a whole lot of > directories to the lists in debian/dirs, debian/bind-dev.dirs etc. This > also did not work. Then I copied the contents of /usr/sbin from the > potato version of the "debhelper" package into /usr/local/sbin and > started making progress again. (Perhaps I could have installed the > new "debhelper" - I was not brave enough to try that). The new debhelper has the following: Build-Depends-Indep: perl-5.6, fileutils (>= 4.0-2.1), file (>= 3.23-1), debconf-utils :( I want to build it on Potato... > If anybody wants a copy of it, e-mail me. I think my package is a bit > to "alpha" to put up on an ftp server (version no's etc will probably > break on an upgrade). When you install it you still get major > complaints about how the whole installation must be fixed up > manually to make it work. (I have done that part dozens of times > over now - I think I could have re-written the installation script by > now). I think that we need some separate projects for maintaining outdated distributions of Debian. There's no way I'll touch slink but I have a great need for potato to be usable with the latest stuff. > The thing takes longer than a kernel to compile (well it felt longer) > and it has been keeping the cpu in my old slink server rather warm > for the last day or two.. > > I think I must take some time off to read the "Packaging" manual, as > I must still do proftpd and openssh ... Urk. Good luck! -- http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/postal/ Postal SMTP/POP benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/projects.html Projects I am working on http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page
