skel command does not create a workable diff

[Tim Gardner]

./dru -i=feisty-desktop-i386.iso init
./dru --diff=rtg skel
./dru -d=rtg apply
ERROR: There was a problem with the apply process!

[Michael Morgan (mikmorg)]

I assume this report was against the head revision of DRU? As long as it is past this revision:
http://linux.dell.com/hg/dru/rev/341fa23a4cfb
I'll take a look as soon as I get some time - may have to be next week.

[Michael Morgan (mikmorg)]

This excerpt shows that the dpkg-buildpackage command was not found:

+ sudo /bin/bash /home/rtg/dru/dru-framework/rules start /home/rtg/dru/rtg
/home/rtg/dru/dru-framework/rules: line 11: dpkg-buildpackage: command not found

Try doing an apt-get install dpkg-dev. The installer should have installed this for you,
but as we both know the installer was the last thing written, it was probably buggy when
you used it.

[Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)]

It needs dpkg-dev and debhelper.

[Michael Morgan (mikmorg)]

Strange.. the install script should install both of those packages by default.
http://linux.dell.com/hg/dru/file/257eb6e267d5/doc/install-txt.sh
http://linux.dell.com/hg/dru/file/257eb6e267d5/doc/install-gui.sh

The DEPENDS array includes both of those packages. Can someone else reproduce this?
I don't have an Ubuntu development machine at the moment.

[Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)]

As it turns out, the only real problem is that the skeleton pool is not populated by default with dpkg-dev_1.13.24ubuntu6_all.deb.

The other failures were the result of my not being able to run the install correctly.

[Michael Morgan (mikmorg)]

That shouldn't be necessary unless you are using the pool files. If this
is causing an error (and you don't have any pool files), then this is a
bug.

I would like to transfer this as a feature request, to remove the
necessity for dpkg-dev in the diff pool if possible. I haven't found a
good way to get rid of this requirement yet.

On Wed, August 15, 2007 4:26 pm, Tim Gardner wrote:
> As it turns out, the only real problem is that the skeleton pool is not
> populated by default with dpkg-dev_1.13.24ubuntu6_all.deb.
>
> The other failures were the result of my not being able to run the
> install correctly.
>
> --
> skel command does not create a workable diff
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/132748
> You received this bug notification because you are a bug assignee.
>
>

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