My systems have worked VERY well with the pre-compiled Debian "testing" packages but I wanted to "get my feet wet" on compiling packages from source. I installed "apt-build," thinking it would be an easy "safe" way to try compiling from source.
I had some trouble getting apt-build to work last week, and in an "off list" discussion Jens Schmalzing suggested I ask on this list and/or file a bug report. I found one article online: http://julien.danjou.info/article-apt-build.html so I used the exact package he used -- memtest (see my output below). I am guessing that the ppc package of apt-build must not have everything that's needed in the apt-build.conf file, but I'm not sure what I need to set. Do I need to tell it what CPU I have? (This is a 1998 Wallstreet Powerbook G3 Series.) Are there some more detailed hints and tips somewhere? I saw the cryptic information at /usr/share/doc/apt-build/README.debian --------------------------------------------- $ cat /etc/apt/apt-build.conf build-dir = /var/cache/apt-build/build repository-dir = /var/cache/apt-build/repository Olevel = -O2 mcpu = -mcpu=Medium options = " " make_options = " " $ ------------------------------------------------- $ sudo apt-build install memstat -----> Installing build dependencies (for memstat) <----- Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. -----> Downloading memstat source (memstat 0.4) <----- -----> Updating package lists <----- Hit http://linux.csua.berkeley.edu testing/main Packages Hit http://linux.csua.berkeley.edu testing/main Release Hit http://linux.csua.berkeley.edu testing/non-free Packages Hit http://linux.csua.berkeley.edu testing/non-free Release Hit http://linux.csua.berkeley.edu testing/contrib Packages Hit http://linux.csua.berkeley.edu testing/contrib Release Hit http://linux.csua.berkeley.edu testing/main Sources Hit http://linux.csua.berkeley.edu testing/main Release Hit http://linux.csua.berkeley.edu testing/non-free Sources Hit http://linux.csua.berkeley.edu testing/non-free Release Hit http://mirrors.kernel.org testing/main Packages Hit http://mirrors.kernel.org testing/main Release Hit http://mirrors.kernel.org testing/non-free Packages Hit http://mirrors.kernel.org testing/non-free Release Hit http://mirrors.kernel.org testing/contrib Packages Hit http://mirrors.kernel.org testing/contrib Release Hit http://mirrors.kernel.org testing/main Sources Hit http://mirrors.kernel.org testing/main Release Hit http://mirrors.kernel.org testing/non-free Sources Hit http://mirrors.kernel.org testing/non-free Release Hit http://linux.csua.berkeley.edu testing/contrib Sources Hit http://linux.csua.berkeley.edu testing/contrib Release Hit http://mirrors.kernel.org testing/contrib Sources Hit http://mirrors.kernel.org testing/contrib Release Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Packages Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Release Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib Packages Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib Release Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free Packages Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free Release Reading Package Lists... Done Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Need to get 22.4kB of source archives. Get:1 http://mirrors.kernel.org testing/main memstat 0.4 (dsc) [582B] Get:2 http://mirrors.kernel.org testing/main memstat 0.4 (tar) [21.8kB] Fetched 22.4kB in 0s (52.1kB/s) dpkg-source: extracting memstat in memstat-0.4 -----> Building memstat <----- dpkg-buildpackage: source package is memstat dpkg-buildpackage: source version is 0.4 dpkg-buildpackage: source maintainer is root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture is powerpc debian/rules clean test -f memstat.c -a -f debian/rules rm -f build rm -rf *~ *.o memstat debian/tmp debian/files* debian/substvars debian/rules build test -f memstat.c -a -f debian/rules /usr/bin/make prefix=/usr make[1]: Entering directory `/var/cache/apt-build/build/memstat-0.4' cc -O2 -Wall memstat.c -o memstat cc1: error: bad value (Medium) for -mcpu= switch make[1]: *** [memstat] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/cache/apt-build/build/memstat-0.4' make: *** [build] Error 2 ----> Cleaning up object files <----- test -f memstat.c -a -f debian/rules rm -f build rm -rf *~ *.o memstat debian/tmp debian/files* debian/substvars Error while building memstat! Sorry, can't find memstat, is it already installed? (Remove it first, or try running 'apt-get clean') $ ------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
