[Debian-ppc64-devel] installing etch via debootstrap

[Jean Robertson]

Hello,

I am trying to install a ppc64 distribution using debootstrap and the archives 
at debian-ppc64.alioth.debian.org

I run 
debootstrap --arch ppc64 etch /64bit  http://debian-ppc64.alioth.debian.org

(my target directory is /64bit)

It chokes at 
....
I: Configuring tasksel...
I: Configuring exim4-base...
I: Configuring exim4-daemon-light...
I: Configuring mailx...
I: Configuring at...
I: Configuring exim4...
W: Failure while configuring base packages.
W: Failure while configuring base packages.
W: Failure while configuring base packages.
W: Failure while configuring base packages.
W: Failure while configuring base packages.
.....

I chroot into the directory and try to clean up and get:

root at iprscan:/# dpkg --configure --pending
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libsigc++-1.2-dev:
 libsigc++-1.2-dev depends on libstdc++-dev; however:
  Package libstdc++-dev is not installed.
dpkg: error processing libsigc++-1.2-dev (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libsigc++-1.2-dev

Does anyone have any thoughts about this?

Jean


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