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Re: funny build error



Paul J Thompson wrote:
> 
> >> On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Paul J Thompson wrote:
> >>
> >> -> no utmp entry available, using value of LOGNAME ("root") at
> >> -> /usr/lib/dpkg/controllib.pl line 16.
> >>
> >> Huhhhh... I have the same error on my Debian 1.3
> >> Can anybody help? ;) or... write where or what can I read? ;)
> >
> > This is normal.  The error is produced if dpkg-buildpackage is run from a
> > terminal that does not record logins in utmp (such as an emacs shell window).
> > You can safely ignore the error.
> >
> 
> Except I have been getting this error when running from a normal terminal -- just me sitting 100% plain at the commandline.  What's the deal?

I think this has something to do with glibc.  I've gotten it only after my
upgrade to libc6.
 
> Also, I have been getting about 4 or 5 of these types of errors after
> I install a package which runs update-menus.
> 
> ------------> Begin update-menus ERROR <---------------
> Missing (or empty) tag: section
>  (This tag needs to defined for the menuentry to make sense)
> /etc/menu-methods//gnome: Aborting
> In file "/usr/lib/menu/majordomo" at line 1:
> command="/usr/doc/majordomo/majordomo-faq.html" description="Frequently asked questions about the Majordomo mailing  list manager" needs="dwww" section="" title="Majordomo FAQ"
> 
>                ^
> 
> ------------> End update-menus ERROR <---------------
> 
> Is something on my system broke or are the packages of these menu
> entries broken?

The majordomo package is slightly broke.  I reported this as bug #14959.

>                 - Paul J Thompson
> 
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> 

Brian


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