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Re: Bug#485147: iozone3: no armel architecture .deb available for this package, although it build/runs



Jim,

On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 08:51:45AM -0600, Jim Freeman wrote:
> Package: iozone3
> Version: 287-2
> Severity: important
> 
> I used dpkg to fetch/build iozone3 source on armel, and it seemed to
> build/run just fine.
> 
> Can I be of any use in getting an armel architecture version of this
> package available?

The issue is that iozone3 is in the "non-free" section.  As such, I
believe you have to pester a debian developer with an armel machine to
build and upload it for you.

Note that iozone3 is non-free only due to some sloppiness in
construction: the original license forbids distributing derivative
works, while the active author has granted an exception for Debian.
In other words iozone3 is in non-free, as far as I am aware, only due
to DFSG #8: License Must Not Be Specific to Debian.  The control file
has a line "XS-Autobuild: yes" as an indication that this package may
safely be autobuilt.

Regards,
-Steve

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