From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 18:53:08 -0700 To: Sir Ace Cc: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Um... WTF? Message-ID: <20030125015308.GC6228@dsl2.external.hp.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: From: grundler@dsl2.external.hp.com (Grant Grundler) Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 03:37:28PM -0800, Sir Ace wrote: > > I have no idea who to direct this to, and everyone keeps directing me to > this liste, so here goes. parisc-linux mailing list is really intended for kernel stuff. lists.debian.org has lots of mailing lists to post rants. > Who was the CRACK HEAD that built the debian 3.0 dist for hppa? yeah, debian-hppa list would have been better. Or debian-devel. Your problem is not hppa specific. /me sits back to watch the late New Years fireworks... > I am trying to build everyday things on the system to at least make it > useable. I just built ncurses {current} on my box, but to install the > ncurses, I had to remove the current debian package. Why remove the existing package? I overwrite existing files when I need to. > Herein lies the problem, some how EVERY DAMN THING on the system seems to > be built against ncurses, Right. *system* being the operative word here. > I am either reduced to working off the cd for a repair if possible. yes. The CD has a shell which will let you fix *most* things. You might also try booting with "init=/bin/bash" or if you are lucky, "init=/bin/sash". Then by hand re-install the libncurses. > Not to mention 4 days of software builds... uhm...what are you building that takes 4 days? Not even glibc or xfree86 takes that long. grant