porting problem and how to request help

2001-06-07 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
Some weeks ago I received Bug#96254 on one of my package: ocaml-xstr, the problem is a build failure on a m68k machine. The reason is that a package needed in ocaml-xstr compilation named ocaml-findlib, does not work well on a m68k architecture. I forwarded the problem to the upstream author and I

Re: porting problem and how to request help

2001-06-07 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 07:51:08PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > Some weeks ago I received Bug#96254 on one of my package: ocaml-xstr, > the problem is a build failure on a m68k machine. The reason is that a > package needed in ocaml-xstr compilation named ocaml-findlib, does not > work well o

Re: porting problem and how to request help

2001-06-07 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
* Stefano Zacchiroli | How can I solve the problem? May I ask for help on debian-devel or on | debian-m68k ML? That is one of the ways of doing it, yes. m68k would probably be best. | Cause the problem is related to another package, may I close the bug on | ocaml-xstr and fill a new one agains

Re: porting problem and how to request help

2001-06-07 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Tue, 5 Jun 2001, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > Some weeks ago I received Bug#96254 on one of my package: ocaml-xstr, > the problem is a build failure on a m68k machine. The reason is that a > package needed in ocaml-xstr compilation named ocaml-findlib, does not > work well on a m68k architecture

Re: porting problem and how to request help

2001-06-07 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 02:04:33PM +0200, T.Pospisek's MailLists wrote: > The quick and ugly way is of course to build a new debian package > that excludes m68k from the supported architectures. That's not very nice. ocaml-findlib is genuinely broken on m68k. I verified it myself. However since I

Re: porting problem and how to request help

2001-06-07 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 02:04:33PM +0200, T.Pospisek's MailLists wrote: > > The quick and ugly way is of course to build a new debian package > > that excludes m68k from the supported architectures. > > That's not very nice. ocaml-findlib is genuinely br

Re: porting problem and how to request help

2001-06-06 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 02:04:33PM +0200, T.Pospisek's MailLists wrote: > > The quick and ugly way is of course to build a new debian package > > that excludes m68k from the supported architectures. > > That's not very nice. ocaml-findlib is genuinely b

Re: porting problem and how to request help

2001-06-06 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 02:04:33PM +0200, T.Pospisek's MailLists wrote: > The quick and ugly way is of course to build a new debian package > that excludes m68k from the supported architectures. That's not very nice. ocaml-findlib is genuinely broken on m68k. I verified it myself. However since I

Re: porting problem and how to request help

2001-06-06 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Tue, 5 Jun 2001, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > Some weeks ago I received Bug#96254 on one of my package: ocaml-xstr, > the problem is a build failure on a m68k machine. The reason is that a > package needed in ocaml-xstr compilation named ocaml-findlib, does not > work well on a m68k architectur

Re: porting problem and how to request help

2001-06-06 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
* Stefano Zacchiroli | How can I solve the problem? May I ask for help on debian-devel or on | debian-m68k ML? That is one of the ways of doing it, yes. m68k would probably be best. | Cause the problem is related to another package, may I close the bug on | ocaml-xstr and fill a new one again

Re: porting problem and how to request help

2001-06-06 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 07:51:08PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > Some weeks ago I received Bug#96254 on one of my package: ocaml-xstr, > the problem is a build failure on a m68k machine. The reason is that a > package needed in ocaml-xstr compilation named ocaml-findlib, does not > work well

porting problem and how to request help

2001-06-06 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
Some weeks ago I received Bug#96254 on one of my package: ocaml-xstr, the problem is a build failure on a m68k machine. The reason is that a package needed in ocaml-xstr compilation named ocaml-findlib, does not work well on a m68k architecture. I forwarded the problem to the upstream author and I