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From: Serge L. <ser...@gm...> - 2011-03-30 04:34:43
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Hi Gary, On 03/29/2011 11:24 AM, gd...@tx... wrote: > Hi, > > While attempting to build Devil-Linux 1.4.1 I came across several build problems. Three of them are just > minor annoyances but #1 is a show stopper. I am running the build on Debian Lenny (32 bit) installed > in /usr/src/lfssystem. I was previously able to successfully build 1.2 on Debian Etch also installed in > /usr/src/lfssystem. The 1.2 build system was deleted before 1.4.1 was installed. I am about to install > 1.4.2 but I want to make sure that this (#1) is not an install problem before I do. > > 1) Running make prepare from (chroot) /build as root I get: does "make mrproper unpack prepare" get the same error? > > 2) After exiting any menu in make menuconfig I get this error: > > /build/tmp/.config: cd: /build/tmp/.config: Not a directory > > After exiting, menuconfig says that the changes were saved and the .config file in the /build directory > seems to be correct so this appears to be just annoying. I have spent a little time looking for where > this message is being sent from so far with no success. > Probably a bug. Not a critical though. > > 3) In the chroot /root/.bash_profile why is it cd /build/data instead of cd /build ? Hm... It's a difficult question. I believe it's due to historical reasons, and it's the place where all Makefiles reside. > > > 4) grep did not find update_md5sum in any of the html documentation files or the update_src script. Since I > got md5sum error messages when I ran update_src I assume that update_md5sum should be run before running > update_src? No. update_md5sum is a development tool, need to recalculate checksums for updated sources. In you case, you need to run "update_src" to get sources and "cvs -z3 -d:pserver:ano...@de...:/cvsroot/devil-linux co build" to update scripts (and checksum file) Serge |