Re: Package names on http://www.debian.org/FTP/

["James A. Robinson" <jimr@simons-rock.edu>]

> J. H. M. Dassen writes:
>  > It's not just you. The machine that hosts www.debian.org has switched OS
>  > to Solaris. The FTP interface requires a 'dpkg-deb' binary, but I have
>  > been unable to compile one for solaris.
>
> But, lack of Solaris support for some feature Ian's using for data
> integrity (and efficiency) shouldn't stop you from taking apart debian
> packages.

I've send J. H. M. Dassen a copy of dpkg-deb that I compiled from the
1.0.17 source -- I have not heard back about whether or not it is
useful.  All I had to do for compiling was add "#include <errno.h>"
into one of the files, but perhaps newer versions have more
linux-specific features.


Jim