On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:32:34 -0700 (PDT) Francesco Pietra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[snip] > I got the surprise of not finding "checkinstall" on > "etch", for both amd64 and i386, though I don't care > for the latter. > > Questions; > > (1) Which the reason for removing "checkinstall" from > "etch", in view of my reasons above? http://packages.qa.debian.org/c/checkinstall/news/20060204T220817Z.html http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=281823 I can't say I really understand the process. Apparently the bug was filed with 'severity: critical', but later downgraded to 'normal'. It was nevertheless removed from testing in Feb. 2006. A fixed version appeared in Dec., but for some reason didn't migrate to testing until Mar. 2007, which I suppose was after the Etch freeze. > > (2) How to remedy? Just by compiling on "etch" > "checkinstall" from source? Or are dependencies not > hurtled if a install "checkinstall" with "apt-get > install" on "etch" "checkinstall" taked from "lenny"? > > Thanks > > francesco pietra Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
