Package: loadlin
Version: 1.6c.really1.6c-1
Severity: serious
The DOS executable loadlin.exe is not rebuilt in the maintainer
scripts, and it appears it even cannot be built with programs in
Debian since the makefile in the src directory starts as follows:
# Makefile for LOADLIN-1.6 (C) 1994..1995 Hans Lermen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
#
# To compile with Borland TASM 3.1
#
LISTING = ,
#CCFLAGS = -ml -v -1 -w-pia -f- -y -G -IC:\TC\INCLUDE -LC:\TC\LIB
CCFLAGS = -ml -1 -w-pia -f- -G -IC:\TC\INCLUDE -LC:\TC\LIB
AS = tasm
...etc
This suggests that one needs Borland's TASM to assemble loadlin. There
are two possibilities to resolve this:
(a) Try if loadlin.exe can be built with one of the free assemblers in
Debian, e.g. NASM, and update debian/control and debian/rules
accordingly.
(b) Failing that, move the loadlin package to the contrib section, see
sections 2.2.1 and 2.2.2 of the Policy Manual.
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