Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: > On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 12:30:58PM +1000, Stuart Prescott wrote: >> >> How can I fix the "dpkg-deb: error: control directory has bad >> >> permissions" error? >> >> >> >> I was simply trying to use pbuilder-satisfydepends with the emacs >> >> source package. >> > Don't do that? >> Why not? > Because I don't think it's intended to be used like this. It's not even in > /usr/bin.
Actually, it's pretty much exactly what it is for -- pbuilder calls it or one of the other variants to install build-deps. But as I said, I wouldn't use it on a real system. >> What should the poster do instead? (using pbuilder-satisfydepends >> is a perfectly good route to installing all build-deps for a package >> although I wouldn't do it on a real system, only in a disposable chroot) > mk-build-deps is one of the usual way to do this. sure. I know that. I just don't understand why that suggestion wasn't in the first message. If you're going to go to the trouble of replying to a question on the mentors mailing list, why not answer the question? "Don't do that" has precisely zero informational value but has more than a hint of (unwelcome) hostility. -- Stuart Prescott http://www.nanonanonano.net/ stu...@nanonanonano.net Debian Developer http://www.debian.org/ stu...@debian.org GPG fingerprint BE65 FD1E F4EA 08F3 23D4 3C6D 9FE8 B8CD 71C5 D1A8 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/kp4lcu$q7s$1...@ger.gmane.org
