Re: [Ltib] Trouble adding new package in LTIB

[James E. Chargin Jr.]

Stuart,

Steps 1 and 2 of the FAQ " How can I add a completely new package..." 
use ".tar.gz" as their example filenames. I was trying to follow the 
steps in the FAQ as exactly as possible.

I later noticed that the specfile template had .bz2 but was content to 
stick with .gz since I already have moved that file around.

Unfortunately, I'm enough of a newbie to package management that I don't 
know what is going on or what to expect. I can follow directions well 
however, provided the outcome matches the directions.

I have moved on a bit with the help from Peter and Vadim. You'll see 
further questions on the list.

I will try to send parted to the list when I am done with my work. I may 
need instruction as to the best way to do this, when I get to it.

Thanks for you attention.

Jim



Stuart Hughes wrote:
> Hi James,
>
> Hopefully you've been able to move on with the help from Peter/Vadim.
>
> Can you tell me where (in the FAQ) or why you thought you could only
> have .tgz files?  You can have either and also most styles are supported
> (.tar.gz .tgz .tar.bz2 etc).  You can also have compressed patches, but
> generally I prefer those uncompressed (so they can be reviewed easier
> and it discourages monster patches).
>
> Regards, Stuart
>
> On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 10:19 -0700, James E. Chargin Jr. wrote:
> > I'm using LTIB on Ubuntu 7.10, targeting the MPC8315e.
> >
> > Since I've determined that GNU parted is not currently available for 
> > LTIB, I'm attempting to port parted so it is available on our target.
> >
> > I've followed the instructions in the LTIB FAQ as best I can but am 
> > getting an error that I can't find an explanation for.
> >
> > I downloaded parted-1.8.8.tar.bz2 from fsf. I unpacked it so I could 
> > later tar it to .gz as is expected by the instructions in the FAQ.