[Freedombox-discuss] Error with boxer make

[Vasudev Kamath]

Hello Jonas,

On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk> wrote:
> Hi Vasudev,
>
> On 11-11-08 at 10:24pm, Vasudev Kamath wrote:
>> I was playing around with boxer tool after meeting jonas in India. I
>> had a small error during make process my config.mk is as follows
>>
>> source=http://localhost:9999/debian
>> su-do-helper=sudo
>>
>> I'm attaching the error.log file which shows error which occurs during
>> postinst configuration of ifupdown and prosody packages.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Seems you forgot to add that error.log.  No problem, though: Was easy to
> reproduce.
Actually I had attached but guess it got scrubbed by list :( I could
see this in list archives
"A non-text attachment was scrubbed..."

>
> It was in fact 3 errors:
>
>  * Bug#638718, solved in wheezy - workaround now added for squeeze.
>  * prosody need device nodes at install time - created earlier now.
>  * Bug#556402, still unsolved - unsure if possible to work around :-(
>
> So status is that setting su-do-helper to anything than the default
> fakeroot will fail, due to bug#556402
Oh :(

>
> I will now (or after a long needed break!) look into those other issues
> you'd found running under fakeroot.  And also try make live-builder
> backend work which also is a workaround for bug#556402.

I also noticed one new thing. After setting su-do-helper = sudo the
make install does nothing!. Previously when using fakeroot the make
install was mounting the usb/image as configured in fstab and copying
rootfs to the /media/boxer (where the device or image is mounted). But
now running make install produces same step as make and rootfs is not
copied to /media/boxer is this a normal behaviour?

Best Regards
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