From: grundler@dsl2.external.hp.com (Grant Grundler)
To: Sir Ace <chandler@nateng.com>
Cc: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org
Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Um... WTF?
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 18:53:08 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030125015308.GC6228@dsl2.external.hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0301241520210.25246-100000@jordan.eng.nateng.com>
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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-01-25 1:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-01-24 23:37 [parisc-linux] Um... WTF? Sir Ace
2003-01-25 1:53 ` Grant Grundler [this message]
2003-01-25 9:17 ` Andrew Shugg
2003-01-25 13:11 ` Thibaut VARENE
2003-01-26 0:13 ` Bryan W. Headley
2003-01-25 21:12 ` Grant Grundler
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