yea, i built the deb from gutsy's deb-src repository using apt-get source --build. i am trying to figure out why that deb that i build doesn't work On 8/31/07, Thomas Hartman wrote:

you may want to generate the .deb rather than take the deb that was packaged for gutsy.

http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2007-April/024137.html

pupeno's guide to do this:

http://pupeno.com/2006/12/17/unstable-packages-on-ubuntu/

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08/31/2007 01:42 PM To haskell-cafe@haskell.org cc Subject [Haskell-cafe] trying to install gutsy's libghc6-mtl-dev from source on feisty

i have ghc6_6.6.1-2ubuntu2_i386.deb and ghc6-prof_6.6.1-2ubuntu2_i386.deb installed, but i cant seem to get mtl to install, can someone tell me what this output means? i just switched to a debian based system from gentoo, so i dont grok dpkg yet:

aeyakovenko@snowcrash:~$ sudo dpkg -i libghc6-mtl-dev_1.0.1-2_i386.deb (Reading database ... 129709 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libghc6-mtl-dev 1.0-3 (using libghc6-mtl-dev_1.0.1-2_i386.deb) ... ghc-pkg: cannot find package mtl-1.0 dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... ghc-pkg: cannot find package mtl-1.0 dpkg: error processing libghc6-mtl-dev_1.0.1-2_i386.deb (--install): subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Reading package info from stdin ... done. ghc-pkg: dependency base-2.0 doesn't exist (use --force to override) dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: libghc6-mtl-dev_1.0.1-2_i386.deb _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe

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that makes no difference, it just builds the package without actually switching to root, otherwise you are doing unnecessary work with extra privileges. On 8/31/07, Thomas Hartman wrote:

did you have a look at the pupeno blog link? He suggests using fakeroot apt-get source build.

Not sure why the fakeroot, but perhaps it makes a difference.

thomas.

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08/31/2007 01:56 PM To Thomas Hartman/ext/dbcom@DBAmericas cc haskell-cafe@haskell.org Subject Re: [Haskell-cafe] trying to install gutsy's libghc6-mtl-dev from source on feisty

yea, i built the deb from gutsy's deb-src repository using apt-get source --build. i am trying to figure out why that deb that i build doesn't work

On 8/31/07, *Thomas Hartman* <*thomas.hartman@db.com*> wrote:

you may want to generate the .deb rather than take the deb that was packaged for gutsy. * **http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2007-April/024137.html *http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2007-April/024137.html

pupeno's guide to do this: * **http://pupeno.com/2006/12/17/unstable-packages-on-ubuntu/ *http://pupeno.com/2006/12/17/unstable-packages-on-ubuntu/

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08/31/2007 01:42 PM

To *haskell-cafe@haskell.org* cc Subject [Haskell-cafe] trying to install gutsy's libghc6-mtl-dev from source on feisty

i have ghc6_6.6.1-2ubuntu2_i386.deb and ghc6-prof_6.6.1-2ubuntu2_i386.deb installed, but i cant seem to get mtl to install, can someone tell me what this output means? i just switched to a debian based system from gentoo, so i dont grok dpkg yet:

aeyakovenko@snowcrash:~$ sudo dpkg -i libghc6-mtl-dev_1.0.1-2_i386.deb (Reading database ... 129709 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libghc6-mtl-dev 1.0-3 (using libghc6-mtl-dev_1.0.1-2_i386.deb) ... ghc-pkg: cannot find package mtl-1.0 dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... ghc-pkg: cannot find package mtl-1.0 dpkg: error processing libghc6-mtl-dev_1.0.1-2_i386.deb (--install): subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Reading package info from stdin ... done. ghc-pkg: dependency base-2.0 doesn't exist (use --force to override) dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: libghc6-mtl-dev_1.0.1-2_i386.deb _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list* **Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org* * **http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe*http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe

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