Re: dpkg needs working dpkg to build

[Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org>]

* Andreas Florath (gnu4u@flonatel.org) [070429 19:22]:
> Hello!
> 
> When compiling dpkg on a computer without a working and already
> installed dpkg, the architecture is not set correctly.  The following is
> done during the run of the configuration script:
> 
> bash-3.2$ ./dpkg-architecture.pl -ti686-pc-linux-gnu -qDEB_HOST_ARCH_CPU
> dpkg-architecture.pl: failure: dpkg --print-architecture failed: No such
> file or directory
> 
> which results in an empty ARCHITECTURE in the new build dpkg.
> 
> Is this a (known) bug or a feature?  How to compile dpkg first time?

Just change the script, install dpkg, build again?


Cheers,
Andi
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