ask for support packages for nfs-kernel-server

[Dimitri John Ledkov]

On Sat, 18 May 2019 at 16:21, <wangchenghao2123 at sina.com> wrote:
>
> Hello Dimitri, Nish,
>
> @Dimitri
>
> I'm lucky to solve the problem with the indication of this site:
>
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/91815/how-to-install-software-or-upgrade-from-an-old-unsupported-release
>
> I think your suggestion is more from a developer point of view while the above one is more from a user point of view.
>
> I tried your solution after applying the first method. It also works in the chroot environment. Thanks!
>
> By the way, can we use mk-sbuild to create a cross develpment environment (eg: a toolchain for ARM board on a IA32 machine) If it is not possible, why? Thanks!
>

Yes you can.

$ mk-sbuild --target=armhf bionic

Will create a crosscompilation chroot from host arch (ie. amd64) to
armhf. Do observe the commands printed at the end to pass those
options to sbuild to cleanly crossbuild the packages.

> @Nish
>
> Thanks for you answer!
>
> Best regards
> Chenghao
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dimitri John Ledkov <xnox at ubuntu.com>
> To: wangchenghao2123 at sina.com
> Cc: ubuntu-devel-discuss <ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: ask for support packages for nfs-kernel-server
> Date: 2019-05-15 23:00
>
>
> On Thu, 9 May 2019 at 18:31, <wangchenghao2123 at sina.com> wrote:
> >
> > Dear,
> >
> > I'm trying to install the package nfs-kernel-server on my Ubuntu 10.04.
> >
> > By the apt-get command, the following package are needed:
> > libgssglue1_0.1-4_i386.deb
> > libnfsidmap2_0.23-2_i386.deb
> > librpcsecgss3_0.19-2_i386.deb
> > portmap_6.0.0-1ubuntu2_i386.deb
> > nfs-common_1.2.0-4ubuntu4_i386.deb
> > nfs-kernel-server_1.2.0-4ubuntu4_i386.deb
> >
> > I cannot found the exact version for libgssglue1, libnfsidmap2 and librpcsecgss3. (I think it's due to the expired support of the Ubuntu version.) I tried the closest version of these packages that I can find. But there are dependency problems.
> >
> > I have spent a whole day trying to resolve it without success. Can you help to provide these pakcages? Thanks a lot!
> >
> > Best regards
> > Chenghao WANG
>
> As part of sunsetting obsolete ubuntu releases, they do get archived
> to old-releases, and both installation media and the apt archive are
> still available as a a final snapshot only.
> So one can still consume that, even from a modern amd64 Ubuntu
> release, for example:
> $ mk-sbuild lucid --arch=i386
> --debootstrap-mirror=http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
> --debootstrap-keyring=/usr/share/keyrings/ubuntu-archive-removed-keys.gpg
> $ schroot -c lucid-i386 -u root
> $ apt-get install nfs-kernel-server
> (downloads and installs all the packages one needs)
> Enjoy, but do please upgrade to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic!
> --
> Regards,
> Dimitri.



-- 
Regards,

Dimitri.