From: Linus Nielsen Feltzing <linus_at_haxx.se>
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 13:55:56 +0100

Bluechip wrote:
>
>>> Try as I might I cannot get the specified list of packages to be the
>>> only ones highlighted :(
>>
>>
>> Why would you?
>
>
> Errr, cos I was following the instruction on the wiki page?

That page doesn't say that those were the only ones to be installed.

> Or they might just eat up bandwidth, time and hard drive space.

Possibly. But you will at least know that you do have the required packages.

> The whole POINT of The DevKit IS that it is stripped down to the bare
> minimum.

Yes, and that's what causing us problems, with missing header files,
lack of SDL, no debugger etc.

> Me personally? You know which I choose ...The DevKit!
>
> More importantly: Which one are the users choosing? ...The DevKit is so
> popular that its efficient working is (apparently) an endless stream of
> daily input to the IRC channel and forums.

Yes, and that daily input is "I can't compile the simulator", and "I get
complaints about missing header files" etc.

Linus
Received on 2006-02-11