On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 10:38:16PM +0100, Javier Serrano Polo wrote: > Hi, amd64 users. > > It looks like my first announcement didn't get through. It's in bug > #464796, message #35. Great thanks. I will try to summarise (just to see if I understand). You take originally packed i386 packages and basically change the control information (I presume make changes to the path'ing - do these libraries end up in /lib32/) not sure if there was any resolution on what to do with /bin (exe's) and the naming scheme is ia32- (I think i like this better than -i386) have you packaged up your script ? I think the idea to use aloth is a good idea, how do we (amd64 community) help with that Alex > > I've already added wine 0.9.55 packages and nspluginwrapper. So far, my > 32 bit needs are covered. There are some applications that have broken > amd64 versions. I won't provide the 32 bit versions however, unless > there's demand for them and the maintainer agrees. > > There're some libraries that haven't been tested and may fail (reports > are welcome). For instance, those making use of plugins like sane. > Requests for packages in main and contrib may be accepted, specially if > they don't have an amd64 counterpart. > > I've already contacted some maintainers to try to keep this as automated > as possible. I've been told one single DD could help solve the > repository bandwidth problem. Help is always welcome. > > Bye. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > -- "You know, I was campaigning in Chicago and somebody asked me, is there ever any time where the budget might have to go into deficit? I said only if we were at war or had a national emergency or were in recession. Little did I realize we'd get the trifecta." - George W. Bush 02/27/2002 Charlotte, North Carolina
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