On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 10:29:14AM +0200, Marc Leeman wrote: > I have a general question, that I did find a answer for in the debian > policy guide (don't falme me if I missed it :(( ) > > Nicolas gave me the advice to exclude all processor optimisations in the > nvrec package, so I added the configure flags > --enable-mmxcheck > --enable-cpucheck > > that are set to "no" when I compile the package for the debian archives > (hopefully) and set to "yes" if somebody else compiles it (currently, if > your login is "marc", you have bad luck, but I'll change this to if your > login is "marc" and your hostname is "scorpius" ;) ).
What about autobuilders, or anyone who might have to do a non-maintainer upload of the package at some point in the future? > Only one problem. There seems to be an upstream bug (which I conveyed to > the upstream developer) that breaks the package when compiling without > these optimisations (--enable-mmxcheck=no). Even though I have little > doubt that Justin will look into this, my question is more hypothetical: > what if this is not-fixable upstream? Is this a "deal breaking > condition" for debian compliancy? Well, you definitely have to compile without those optimizations, as, for instance, not all Debian i386 systems have MMX. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
