Debian Etch, Rebuilt: 6,451 .debs for Maemo 5
 

Hey,

* I rebuilt all Debian Etch source packages with the Maemo 5 SDK and sdbmock.

* 10,220 Source packages processed.

* 6,451 .debs produced.

* The job ran for 8 days.

* They have not been run through maemo-optify yet--I will test the fix for the recursive symlink bug[1] when ready.

* They were compiled against the current maemos-extras repository. They have no dependencies other than that. In other words, no package within the rebuild depends on anything else in the rebuild--this is the first pass.

* I could batch import packages that don't already exist in extras-devel. I think this would be rad.

* Download locations (temporary):
Directory: http://obra.freemoe.org/freemoe-etch/
Install file for N900: http://obra.freemoe.org/obra.install
/etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://obra.freemoe.org/ freemoe-etch/

* Thx Ed for sbdmock help.

* Have fun.

[1] https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7707

Re: Debian Etch, Rebuilt: 6,451 .debs for Maemo 5
 

Outstanding! You are the man! :)

Just grabbed a bunch of packages I've been longing for but too lazy to recompile. Thanks!

Re: Debian Etch, Rebuilt: 6,451 .debs for Maemo 5
 

This is truly appreciated:-) Thanks for taking the time to do this!

Re: Debian Etch, Rebuilt: 6,451 .debs for Maemo 5
 

The last pocket computer I had was a Zaurus c760. It was waaaaay ahead of its time, and so close to what I thought it could be. But it just wasn't there yet.

Today I got my exchange sync working, which was my last remaining issue. And now, jebba puts up a Debian repo with more packages than existed for even openzaurus/angstrom.

A gcc toolchain, perfectly functioning radios, slick and responsive UI, office integration, razor sharp 80x25 console window, X11, iptraf, joe, ssh -X, unison, bluetooth headphones for those morning walks... everything works!

I am too happy. :) This might be the nerdiest thing I've ever said, but I feel like I'm about to wake from a dream..lol.

Re: Debian Etch, Rebuilt: 6,451 .debs for Maemo 5
 

* http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.h...mo.devel/24237

* http://wiki.maemo.org/User:Jebba/Etch

Practicing my loops.

Re: Debian Etch, Rebuilt: 6,451 .debs for Maemo 5
 

Great job!

But got an error from my progam manager when importing the install file.

Is the install file working for maemo5?

Hope to get it working.

asys3

Re: Debian Etch, Rebuilt: 6,451 .debs for Maemo 5
 

Yes.

try try try again? ;)

You may need a decent chunk of free space on / to get the archive list.

Re: Debian Etch, Rebuilt: 6,451 .debs for Maemo 5
 

Maybe I am missing something here, but Debian Lenny has armel packages. I have used the lenny repository on the N900 to install a few things e.g. Nano, Aircrack, and macchanger. I guess there may be more packages in your repository :/

A nice effort and contribution though!

Re: Debian Etch, Rebuilt: 6,451 .debs for Maemo 5
 

Sorry, still does not work for me.
Programmanager fails in adding the catalog.

In
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/hildon-application-manager.list

I found the line
deb http://obra.freemoe.org/ freemoe-etch

which seems to be incorrect because from a shell I get:

#apt-get update
E: Malformed line 9 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hildon-application-manager.list (dist parse)

I thing either a directory is missing on your server or the install file is incorrect.

asys3

Re: Debian Etch, Rebuilt: 6,451 .debs for Maemo 5
 

Etch was released at beginning of 2007 which makes it about 3 years old. Adding release freeze means that software has ~3.5 year now.

I know that for Maemo5 it is fresh new stuff (as there are pre-Etch components in rootfs) but I hope that at least Maemo6 will finally be rebased to something more fresh (Lenny for example).