Re: Newbie question

please check my packages on the debian
http://introspector.sourceforge.net/debian/incoming/

All of the ming32 packages have ming in the name,
For example :
http://introspector.sourceforge.net/debian/incoming/libiconv-mingw1_1.8.20020902-1_i386.deb

I have created them under the Debian gnu/linux system 

$ dpkg -i libiconv-mingw1_1.8.20020902-1_i386.deb
dpkg: error processing libiconv-mingw1_1.8.20020902-1_i386.deb
(--install):
 package architecture (i386) does not match system (cygwin-i386)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libiconv-mingw1_1.8.20020902-1_i386.deb

Ok, so forcing will produce these errors : 

$ dpkg --force-all -i libiconv-mingw1_1.8.20020902-1_i386.deb
dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
 package architecture (i386) does not match system (cygwin-i386)
Selecting previously deselected package libiconv-mingw1.
(Reading database ... 0 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libiconv-mingw1 (from
libiconv-mingw1_1.8.20020902-1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing libiconv-mingw1_1.8.20020902-1_i386.deb
(--install):
 error setting ownership of `./usr/share/doc/libiconv-mingw1': Invalid
argument
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libiconv-mingw1_1.8.20020902-1_i386.deb

Any ideas?
mike


--- Jeremie Koenig <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 01:11:42PM -0800, James Michael DuPont wrote:
> 
> > As far as I know, APT is not compiled, but dpk is. I have had
> problems
> > with dpkg because of the setroot. It is good for unpacking things,
> but
> > not installing them.
> 
> I suppose, dpkg is chroot'ing while configuring packages installed
> with
> --root. Anyway, don't packages expect being installed in / ? Are you
> using a special build process or anything to avoid such problems ?
> Just
> by curiosity...
> 
> -- 
> Jeremie Koenig <[email protected]>
> 
> 
> -- 
> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected]
> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact
> [email protected]
> 


=====
James Michael DuPont
http://introspector.sourceforge.net/

__________________________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day
http://shopping.yahoo.com