Re: m68k bootloader package(s)?
Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr> writes:
> On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 01:41:16PM -0600, Stephen R Marenka wrote:
> > Right now the amiga and mac m68k bootloaders don't exist in the debian
> > archive. This probably makes sense, because they aren't linux programs.
> > However, it makes locating them and making them available for cdroms and
> > such more trouble.
> >
> > The total size is about 2MB.
> >
> > What do ya'll think, should I put them in a package for convenience or
> > just leave them on a website?
>
> I would recomend uploading them to contrib. After all, if i remember
> well, both amiboot and apusboot are GPLed software, which just need a
> foreign toolchain to build. The same will go for miboot, once we have
> reimplemented the first boot stage of it.
They should (are?) build with gcc, just not on the autobuilders.
Don't forget to include the needed libs + sources (ixemu.library for
amiboot, right?) linked in.
> See the thread about boot loaders i started, and the legal problems that
> have to do with it. This means that debian-installer in main will not be
> able to build depend on them, which is a shame, but we may create a
> debian-installer-contrib or whatever, which will build the needed stuff
> for them, as joeyh suggested.
>
> I have no idea how this can be regrouped into debian-cd or whatever
> later on.
>
> Friendly,
>
> Sven Luther
Is non-autobuildable a reason for contrib? As long as its a free
toolchain and Debian has the source ...
MfG
Goswin
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