[debian] as86: which .deb file?

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4 total messages Started by Peter Caffin Mon, 04 Jan 1999 00:00

#35

Author: Peter Caffin
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 00:00

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I'm trying to get hold of as86 so I can recompile the kernel
on this Debian 2.0 system. I'd rather get it from a .deb on my CDROM if
possible, rather than downloading a binary or source.

I started out with a 2.0.34 kernel then grabbed the kernel sources off my
old system's archives: patched it from 2.0.30 to 2.0.36 and tried
recompiling.. it complained about a missing 'as86'. When I linked 'as86'
to the preexisting 'as', it complained about it not supporting -O.

Any help gratefully accepted (and hopefully it'll come in handy to people
checking with Dejanews too).


Peter.

Re: [debian] as86: which .deb file?

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Author: Tyson Richard DOWD
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 00:00

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"Peter Caffin" <no-spam-4-pc-please@it.net.au> writes:

>I'm trying to get hold of as86 so I can recompile the kernel
>on this Debian 2.0 system. I'd rather get it from a .deb on my CDROM if
>possible, rather than downloading a binary or source.

>I started out with a 2.0.34 kernel then grabbed the kernel sources off my
>old system's archives: patched it from 2.0.30 to 2.0.36 and tried
>recompiling.. it complained about a missing 'as86'. When I linked 'as86'
>to the preexisting 'as', it complained about it not supporting -O.

>Any help gratefully accepted (and hopefully it'll come in handy to people
>checking with Dejanews too).

It's in bin86.

There's usually a file called "Contents.gz" on most Debian CDs and FTP
sites which lists every file in a "full" debian system and where it
comes from.

Tyson.

Re: [debian] as86: which .deb file?

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Author: Bah
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 00:00

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In aus.computers.linux Peter Caffin <no-spam-4-pc-please@it.net.au> wrote:
: I'm trying to get hold of as86 so I can recompile the kernel
: on this Debian 2.0 system. I'd rather get it from a .deb on my CDROM if
: possible, rather than downloading a binary or source.

bin86 is the deb, or binutils

for some reason dpkg doesnt have a suggests or a reccomends on this one
for kernel-source packages

bah

Re: [debian] as86: which .deb file?

#34

Author: Peter Caffin
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 00:00

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In aus.computers.linux Bah <not@here.com> wrote:
> In aus.computers.linux Peter Caffin <no-spam-4-pc-please@it.net.au> wrote:
> : I'm trying to get hold of as86 so I can recompile the kernel
> : on this Debian 2.0 system. I'd rather get it from a .deb on my CDROM if
> : possible, rather than downloading a binary or source.

> bin86 is the deb, or binutils

Yup. I found it as bin86.

> for some reason dpkg doesnt have a suggests or a reccomends on this one
> for kernel-source packages

There were a few queries about the as and as86 thing (everyone seems to
try the soft link to as in the first instance.. odd) when I was searching 
for answers. I'm curious as to why the divide is there. Do they each
provide functionality which the other doesn't? Why the duplication?

Having the suggests rule in the kernel source package probably wouldn't
have helped me much as my initial (pre-built) kernel was the standard
pre-compiled one from the CDROM install and the kernel source I'm using 
to compile the new kernel is made from tarballs from www.kernel.org.

Anyhow, thanks for the help guys :).

Peter.

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