On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 8:23 PM, Zainab Rehman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We are using GUI-based Debian,we have explored "Synaptic Package Manager" > the tool used in debian for package management. It is showing two type of > packages "installed" and "not installed" and the package we want to use i.e > BNFC isn't visible in any of the categories. Based on this I assume you are using the testing distribution: http://packages.debian.org/bnfc Based on this, it looks like bnfc was removed from testing because it no longer builds, possibly due to a change in the haskell compiler: http://packages.qa.debian.org/b/bnfc/news/20080229T233910Z.html It looks like there is a patch available, but the maintainer has not uploaded a fixed version: http://bugs.debian.org/460386 > We have downloaded bnfc_2.2.orig.tar, bnfc_2.2-3.diff and bnfc_2.2-3.dsc, > but dont know what to do next. The package needs a new maintainer since the current one has not fixed a release critical bug for a couple of months. If you would like to ensure bnfc reaches lenny and thus the next release, please contact the maintainer and get them to fix the bug. If you cannot contact them, please follow these processes: http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/ch-beyond-pkging.en.html#s-mia-qa http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/ch-pkgs.en.html#s-adopting While you are doing that, have a look at the debian-mentors FAQ and the new maintainers guide: http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-mentors_FAQ.html http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ If you don't want to do any of this, just download the package from sid and install it: http://packages.debian.org/sid/bnfc If that doesn't work, try rebuilding it the package: dpkg-source -x bnfc_2.2-3.dsc cd bnfc-2.2 dpkg-buildpackage -b -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
