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tronkel · Joined: 30 Sep 2005 Posts: 1067 Location: Vienna Austria

I'm having a go with Woof Alpha 1 as I write this.

I tried a debian build actually running in Lenny. The 0setup script script completed but with a warning that xorg-common_ doesn't exist and suggested that I alter the package list. Is it a matter of simply deleting this entry in the package list or should I try to find it somewhere in a repository and leave the package listing alone?

I then tried switching to an Ubuntu build and using Puppy 4.1.2Retro as the environment. 0setup completed OK and also the 1download script seemed to complete OK as well.

I'm running the 2createpackages script just now. It is giving a warning that the strip command cannot be found. Is this bad news?

I'll post a forum message later if I succeed with building an ISO

tronkel · Joined: 30 Sep 2005 Posts: 1067 Location: Vienna Austria

OK just completed the build as per the last post.

The ISO built ok as an Ubuntu-based system - 102MB

Unfortunately X would not start. So I can't see whats going on.

I'm just about to download Debian 5 Lenny final that has just been released.

I'll have another go soon - maybe with an Arch or Slackware build. I think it's going in the right direction though. Needs a few things sorting out - it's only an Alpha 1!

01micko · Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 7037 Location: qld

Ok, I'm halfway or more thru '1download'... using arch, was default (for you Tronkel too?) but that is what I wanted anyway... keep you posted

EDIT: the packages are HUGE in arch! 28M for printing????

EDIT 2: right now 'gutenprint' is 18M, so far 46M on printing!!!!! Sheesh! (1 min after my first edit)

EDIT 3: So far my 'woof' dir is 147 M, I assume it is uncompressing as it goes, hope so! (5 min later)

tronkel · Joined: 30 Sep 2005 Posts: 1067 Location: Vienna Austria

01Micko wrote:

01micko · Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 7037 Location: qld

Yes I'll post results within 24hrs

I believe in woof!

paulh177 · Joined: 22 Aug 2006 Posts: 870 Location: ST862228

hmm tried an Arch build myself but got a long list of failures in 0setup. Did you have to go back and fix a lot in your arch build or did it work out first time?
if the former how did you resolve?

thanks

Paul

01micko · Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 7037 Location: qld

Yeah about 10 failures, I did the WRONG thing and carried on, hoping to install .pets or other over the failures... we'll see if it is wrong.

paulh177 · Joined: 22 Aug 2006 Posts: 870 Location: ST862228

after a bit of investigation it seems like those things with a numerical suffix were the problem e.g.

Lobster · Posted: Sun 15 Feb 2009, 16:39 Post_subject:

BarryK · Posted: Sun 15 Feb 2009, 22:23 Post_subject:

BarryK · Posted: Sun 15 Feb 2009, 22:30 Post_subject:

I'll checkout this problem of "part-name" packages with a number on the end, for example 'atk-1', not getting downloaded.

I'll get onto it tonight and upload the fixed script(s).

Note, don't "fix" it by taking off those numbers in DISTRO_PKGS_SPECS-arch, otherwise you'll get an enormous number of extra packages downloaded, plus bigger live-CD and devx.

BarryK · Posted: Sun 15 Feb 2009, 22:42 Post_subject:

Until I upload the fixed scripts, for anyone testing Woof right now, edit the variable in DISTRO_SPECS file and change "arch" to "slackware".

After making a whole heap of changes to the scripts, the Slackware build was the only one I tested before uploading alpha1.

Lobster · Posted: Sun 15 Feb 2009, 23:20 Post_subject:

01micko · Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 7037 Location: qld

OK, I ran "1download" using arch and the packages on the list are missing. Can I download them manually? Can I use .pets? Is the version number important? I didn't remove the trailing digits.

Obviosly I can't run "2createpackages" or I'll end up with a broken woof.

Guess I'll go hunt the packages on Arch, and Paul, you 500M download! Glad I didn't edit those entrys in the file, almost did!

Hmmmm Tronkel. xorg-server? On the list! No sorry you are not using "arch"

Ok, got the packages from arch repo, edited PKGS_SPECS_TABLE in DISTRO_PKGS_SPECS by removing all -1 or-2 pr whatever in the "list", ran "0setup", no complaints, skipped "1download", I already got everything, (nothing missed, I hope), am running "2createpackages" right now. I got a 1.8GHz athlon with 512 ram and started at 16:49 uc+10. I expect it to take around for hours going by Barry. See you some time after 9pm Wink

paulh177 · Joined: 22 Aug 2006 Posts: 870 Location: ST862228

Barry:

Just to be clear, it was 0setup that complained about the list of packages I quoted.

btw, I started running 2createpackages but had to stop partway through -- tried a restart to see if it would pick up where it left off but it seemed to start over from the beginning. Might be worth seeing if it can be done in a future release?