Re: Some packages, like unrar, aren't build for arm?
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At Sat, 10 Mar 2007 17:19:45 +0000,
Martin Guy wrote:
> 2007/3/9, Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>:
> > 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. :)
>
> unrar certainly exists since woody with full C++ source, but for some
> reason in etch and sid it's only been compiled for amd64 i386 powerpc
> sparc.
Yes, unrar isn't listed on our autobuild database.
Only maintainer can ask it to non-free buildd team via the method[0],
if he thinks unrar is autobuildable.
[0]http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/11/msg00012.html
Thanks,
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Kenshi Muto
kmuto@debian.org
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