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Re: Some packages, like unrar, aren't build for arm?



On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 08:03:50PM +0100, David Fokkema wrote:
> I noticed that unrar-nonfree isn't available for arm. Looking up the
> developer's page and checking the buildd logs I noticed an 'n/a' next to
> 'arm'. How can I find out what the reason for this exclusion is? Is it
> some binary code which only runs on i386??

Yes it is nonfree for multiple reasons, one of which is that it is
binary only as far as I know.  If it had souce, I imagine the free
version would support rar v3 files by now. :)

--
Len Sorensen



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