On Sun, Aug 09, 1998 at 04:58:00AM -0700, Alex Romosan wrote: > i just installed debian on a powerpc, and i am trying to get familiar > with it (the 2.1 kernel, glibc 2.1, etc). i started by trying to > compile some of the packages which are already part of the > distribution, but i am puzzled by my lack of success. in particular i > am trying to compile netbase and i fail. > > how does debian manage architecture specific patches? the distribution > has only one set of patches/sources for all architectures. i assume > that somehow the diff file contains all the necessary changes, but in > the case of the powerpc these changes haven't made it into the main > distribution yet? is there a place where i can find powerpc specific > patches for debian?
Usually, with #ifdef __powerpc__. Netbase, I was fairly certain, had been fixed. Be sure you have the latest source (from unstable). Dan
