[Glibc-bsd-devel] packages not available with apt-get

[Robert Millan]

On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 02:19:23PM +0100, Héctor García Álvarez wrote:
> To fix the problems on packages too linux centric edit the
> debian/control archive and change the build depend from libc6 to
> libc6-dev | libc1-dev to allow the use of either one.
> And in case there is a depend on libc6 you should change it to libc6 |
> libc1

Uhm.. no, that should be "libc6-dev | libc-dev" (without the "1"). There
are other sonames, basicaly:

alpha-linux-gnu -> 6.1
ia64-linux-gnu -> 6.1
*-gnu -> 0.3

> If you fix a package this way please remember to send a bug report to
> the Debian maintainer you will be fixing the error for hurd and any
> other non-linux kernel at the same time.

Guischlouk: See http://bugs.debian.org/ for details on filing bug reports
in Debian. The "reportbug" tool might come handy, too.

-- 
Robert Millan

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