Hi [sorry for top posting and not cutting - but the email has the jist of the background] Is 62.43.64.122 not available any more. Should I guess from this that the debi386 package should be used to build the required ia32-* packages locally ? Alex On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 10:41:05PM +0200, Javier Serrano Polo wrote: > El dc 14 de 05 de 2008 a les 05:10 +0200, en/na Goswin von Brederlow va > escriure: > > Can you repeat instructions where to get the source for creating your > > repository and the repository itself again? The last url I saw did just > > give a permission denied. > > I repeat (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=464796#40), > > The apt source is: > deb http://62.43.64.122/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free > > The apt key can be found here: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=35;filename=ia32-jasp.asc;att=1;bug=464796 > > The unofficial package that creates the repository is debia32. There's > some documentation there. > > Instructions for packages marked as "compile" manually were given as > bugs (maybe already closed) in their respective packages. I can send the > last resulting patch if someone needs it. > > And I repeat > (http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-ia32-libs-maintainers/2008-April/000006.html), do not click the repository link, you won't be authorized. The mirroring is expected to resume and won't have that limitation. If you want to browse the repository do rsync to 62.43.64.122::ia32. > > Note that I'll have to readjust libc6-i386 dependencies to return to the > official libc6 and rebuild again. > > > As for the future direction of ia32-libs there have been some > > discussions with ftp-master as well. Here's a summary: > > > > - No package in main Depends/Build-Depends on converted 32bit libs > > (last exception is wine which is to be rectified) > > I never understood that part of the policy. Why a main source package > that produces a useful set of main binary packages can't produce > additional contrib or non-free packages? How do you solve that? > > > What would be nice would be to integrate a repository of converted > > packages (or the i386 packages needed for conversion) on the debian > > amd64/ia64 CD/DVD images. > > It would indeed. But if the official position is to convert from the > i386 mirror or use a separate one, then it's gonna be a conversion from > the i386 CD set or use a separate one. That could be a mini-CD (you > should try "Architecture: all", even with /emul/ia32-linux/), current > files are ~142MB. > > Bye. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > -- "I don't think we need to be subliminable about the differences between our views on prescription drugs." - George W. Bush 09/12/2000 Orlando, FL
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