looking to demo "ipkg" on an x86 system

  (i emailed poor jamey just a while ago, but it occurs to me that i
probably shouldn't torture him personally.)

  to be as brief as possible, i want to demo how "ipkg" works for a
powerpc system by installing it on my x86 laptop, and testing a few
simple ipkg operations. my biggest priority is not causing any kind
of conflict between ipkg and my RPM-based RH fedora system.
so what i've done:

1) built ipkg for my dell inspiron, --prefix=/usr/local/ipkg just to keep
   it totally out of the way

2) installed /etc/ipkg.conf in that same directory, and will use "-f" to
   get to it.

  at this point, i can actually run "ipkg" on this system, although
"ipkg info" obviously shows nothing. all that matters is that it runs,
and "ipkg help" does the right thing.

  as a demo, i downloaded an ARM backgammon ipk, since i don't
really care what the contents are, i just want to install and have the
files show up.

  i verified with "ar" that the ipk looks fine, then i ran "ipkg install"
with all the appropriate options, with the last argument being the
actual backgammon ipk file itself, only to get:
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# ipkg -f /usr/local/ipkg/etc/ipkg.conf -d tmp \
   -V 3 install backgammon_1.0.2_arm.ipk
pkg_info_preinstall_check: updating arch priority for each package
Clearing state_want and state_flag for pkg=backgammon (arch_priority=0 flag=16 want=2)
pkg_info_preinstall_check: update file owner list
best installation candidate for backgammon
 adding backgammon to providers
  backgammon arch=arm arch_priority=0 constraint=1
Cannot find package backgammon. ??????????????
Check the spelling or perhaps run 'ipkg update'
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  so did i do anything unreasonable? is it legal to try to install
an ARM ipk on this system, as long as i don't try to actually
run anything? any hints? what's with "Cannot find" message?

rday

rday
Received on Tue Nov 18 2003 - 19:29:27 EST