Ok, it turns out I had accidentally hardlinked a symlink. dpkg -i doesn't like that. I stopped doing that and now my package installs. Cool. - Jay
---------------------------------------- > From: jay.kr...@cornell.edu > To: debian-mentors@lists.debian.org > Subject: problem with hard links? > Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:19:01 +0000 > > > Hi. I'm trying to create a Debian package, for the first time. ... > > Trying to install my package I get: > dpkg: error processing ./cm3-min-PPC_LINUX-d5.8.1.deb (--install): > error creating hard link `./usr/local/cm3/pkg/libm3/PPC_LINUX/libm3.so': No > suc > h file or directory > Errors were encountered while processing: > ./cm3-min-PPC_LINUX-d5.8.1.deb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org