[Pkg-uml-devel] Re: [uml-devel] Debian user mode linux 2.6.8 and supporting utils don't install

[Mattia Dongili]

Hi,

first of all: do you really mean 2.6.8??

On Tue, January 9, 2007 10:55 am, pierrelaroche said:
> These programs, as found in the Debian unstable tree, don't install
> properly
> on my Debian system. Apt-get insists on first removing all my kernel
> images
> claiming a conflict.

hmmm, maybe apt gets some dependency wrong, can you share the output of
apt-get?

> The installation succeeds however if the .deb files are downloaded first
> before installation (the files are downloaded, and then installed using
> dpkg).
>
> Also, where can I find the source code and the instructions to recreate
> these binaries? I would like to generate a debug version. I need to know
> the
> system setup, and the uml patches used to create these binaries (2.6.8).

apt-get source user-mode-linux
and build it with
DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nostrip dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us -b -rfakeroot

-- 
mattia
:wq!