On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 06:18:08PM -0500, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > Dear Debian Python, > > I just discovered (the hard way) that the recent change in Python[1] to > display sys.platform on mips, mipsel, alpha, sparc, powerpc and hppa > as linux2-mips, linux2-mips, linux2-alpha, linux2-sparc, > linux2-powerpc and linux2-hppa respectively may cause several packages > in sid and Lenny to FTBFS. For example, see:
Actually, that powerpc thing was wrong. It's only mips, mipsel, alpha and sparc. Sorry. > http://buildd.debian.org/~jeroen/status/package.php?p=matplotlib&suite=testing > > While I can fix matplotlib my just editing the build_fix.patch file to > add these entries, I wanted an approval that this is what I have to > do. Note that this may affect other packages in both sid and Lenny, > though I am not sure how many packages are sensitive to sys.platform > during their build. > > Thanks. > > Kumar > > [1]: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=500383 > [2]: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=499132 > -- > Kumar Appaiah Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
