On Sun, Dec 11, 2005 at 03:52:25AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > reopen 314988 > thanks > > > > geomview (1.8.1-10) unstable; urgency=low > > . > > * debian/control: Add "texinfo" to build-deps so that command "makeinfo" > > is available. Closes: #338773. > > . > > * debian/control: Restrict architectures. This package was not designed > > for 64-bit machines. Closes: #314988. > > Sorry, this is *not* (just) a 64-bit bug; geomview runs fine for me on my > alpha.
OK, thanks for the confirmation. > Since the etch RC policy says that packages must be supported on as > many architectures as is reasonably possible, this is therefore an RC bug; > please re-add alpha to the architecture list. OK. Technically, though, you're describing a different bug, namely "alpha is missing". > ia64 can reasonably be left > out until someone can confirm that this bug doesn't exist there, but given > that both people who have reported this bug say they're using nvidia on > amd64, I suspect it may be a 64-bit issue in geomview that only manifests > when using the nvidia binary drivers Yes, could be. > in which case the package really ought to be supported on amd64 as well. Sure. But then it ain't "grave" since it's only unusable in certain circumstances. Right? > Next time if you want to sneak a change like this past the porters, don't > forget to ask the ftpmasters to remove the stale binary packages. ;) To be honest, I was a little surprised that this manual step is necessary. I'm not in a hurry to get them removed since geomview is being stalled by gcc-4.0 anyway. -Steve -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
