Re: Multi-platform packages

1998-12-10 Thread James Troup
Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > To avoid this you can claim that your package doesn't run on all > platforms with the Architecture field. I think something like this: > > Architecture: i386, sparc, alpha Eh, s/,//g. -- James

Re: Multi-platform packages

1998-12-09 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Dec 09, 1998 at 12:16:49AM -0500, Mike Goldman wrote: > > Assuming that I can manage to create a working Alpha executable, > nevertheless I am not sure how then to go about releasing a > multi-platform package? Does there have to be a separate Alpha > maintainer, Sparc maintainer, etc.?

Re: Multi-platform packages

1998-12-09 Thread Tor Slettnes
> "Mike" == Mike Goldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Mike> I have a package (oo2c, an optimizing Oberon-2 compiler) Mike> which is presently released for i386. A bug-report was Mike> filed against it, that it did not build on Alpha [...] Mike> Assuming that I can manage to cr

Multi-platform packages

1998-12-09 Thread Mike Goldman
Hello. I'm still a relatively new Debian maintainer, and learning the ropes. I have a package (oo2c, an optimizing Oberon-2 compiler) which is presently released for i386. A bug-report was filed against it, that it did not build on Alpha, and I therefore investigated the matter with the upstream