I setup i386 etch chroot on amd64 etch using debootstrap and installed build-essential with no problem. I need dbus to satisfy buld-dep for pidgin. But threre is problem in configure step.
main:/# apt-get install dbus Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libdbus-1-3 libexpat1 libice6 libsm6 libx11-6 libx11-data libxau6 libxdmcp6 x11-common The following NEW packages will be installed: dbus libdbus-1-3 libexpat1 libice6 libsm6 libx11-6 libx11-data libxau6 libxdmcp6 x11-common 0 upgraded, 10 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. Need to get 1823kB of archives. After unpacking 5636kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Get:1 http://ftp.de.debian.org etch/main x11-common 1:7.1.0-19 [338kB] Get:2 http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main libdbus-1-3 1.0.2-1+etch1 [269kB] Get:3 http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main dbus 1.0.2-1+etch1 [351kB] Get:4 http://ftp.de.debian.org etch/main libxau6 1:1.0.1-2 [6986B] Get:5 http://ftp.de.debian.org etch/main libxdmcp6 1:1.0.1-2 [10.7kB] Get:6 http://ftp.de.debian.org etch/main libx11-data 2:1.0.3-7 [157kB] Get:7 http://ftp.de.debian.org etch/main libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 [567kB] Get:8 http://ftp.de.debian.org etch/main libexpat1 1.95.8-3.4 [62.9kB] Get:9 http://ftp.de.debian.org etch/main libice6 1:1.0.1-2 [42.6kB] Get:10 http://ftp.de.debian.org etch/main libsm6 1:1.0.1-3 [18.0kB] Fetched 1823kB in 1m4s (28.4kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously deselected package x11-common. (Reading database ... 13010 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking x11-common (from .../x11-common_1%3a7.1.0-19_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libxau6. Unpacking libxau6 (from .../libxau6_1%3a1.0.1-2_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libxdmcp6. Unpacking libxdmcp6 (from .../libxdmcp6_1%3a1.0.1-2_i386.deb) ... Setting up x11-common (7.1.0-19) ... Selecting previously deselected package libx11-data. (Reading database ... 13055 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libx11-data (from .../libx11-data_2%3a1.0.3-7_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libx11-6. Unpacking libx11-6 (from .../libx11-6_2%3a1.0.3-7_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libdbus-1-3. Unpacking libdbus-1-3 (from .../libdbus-1-3_1.0.2-1+etch1_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libexpat1. Unpacking libexpat1 (from .../libexpat1_1.95.8-3.4_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libice6. Unpacking libice6 (from .../libice6_1%3a1.0.1-2_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libsm6. Unpacking libsm6 (from .../libsm6_1%3a1.0.1-3_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package dbus. Unpacking dbus (from .../dbus_1.0.2-1+etch1_i386.deb) ... Setting up libxau6 (1.0.1-2) ... Setting up libxdmcp6 (1.0.1-2) ... Setting up libx11-data (1.0.3-7) ... Setting up libx11-6 (1.0.3-7) ... Setting up libdbus-1-3 (1.0.2-1+etch1) ... Setting up libexpat1 (1.95.8-3.4) ... Setting up libice6 (1.0.1-2) ... Setting up libsm6 (1.0.1-3) ... Setting up dbus (1.0.2-1+etch1) ... Adding group `messagebus' (GID 102) ... Done. Adding system user `messagebus' (UID 100) ... Adding new user `messagebus' (UID 100) with group `messagebus' ... Not creating home directory `/var/run/dbus'. Starting system message bus: dbusCould not tell if SELinux is enabled: No such file or directory SELinux pre-initialization failed invoke-rc.d: initscript dbus, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing dbus (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: dbus E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) I setup amd64 chroot and all goes well. In fact, it shows all messages as on i386, but not error messages at the end. Setting up dbus (1.0.2-1+etch1) ... Adding group `messagebus' (GID 102) ... Done. Adding system user `messagebus' (UID 100) ... Adding new user `messagebus' (UID 100) with group `messagebus' ... Not creating home directory `/var/run/dbus'. This is `dpkg -l dbus` on amd64 chroot: ii dbus 1.0.2-1+etch1 simple interprocess messaging system On i386: iF dbus 1.0.2-1+etch1 simple interprocess messaging system There is more extra packages on i386: libdbus-1-3 libexpat1 libice6 libsm6 libx11-6 libx11-data libxau6 libxdmcp6 x11-common then on amd64 libdbus-1-3 libexpat1 libx11-6 libx11-data libxau6 libxdmcp6 x11-common So, why is this happening and how to resolve it? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]