On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 07:20:08PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > The latest postgresql-plruby package does not build on ia64 because the > configuration script hangs indefinitely until the buildd kills it. I > have asked around for help, but so far without success.
Why can I find no open bug report about this problem? > The fault is in the configuration script, which is written in ruby > itself, and since the script works on all other architectures and > certainly contains no if ($arch = ia64) then suspend(); instruction, I > suspect that there are more general issues with ruby on this platform. > Even if someone succeeded to shake the script until it works, I don't > feel comfortable right now about supporting this package on this > architecture. I would prefer to see some feedback from the ruby maintainers before endorsing the removal of this binary from the archive; but in any case, as has already been noted, only ftpmasters can remove the binaries for you. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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