Re: Still don't understand update excuses
On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 11:40:05AM +0200, Michael Piefel wrote:
> Am 6.07.01 um 02:05:59 schrieb Daniel Jacobowitz:
> > You produce a binary-all and a binary-arch package, probably. Some but
> > not all of the binaries produced from that source are current for
> > sparc. Try building it on vore?
>
> What is the gain if I compile it on vore? I already compiled it on a
> (local) sparc machine and uploaded the thing.
Nothing. I was merely offering a sample Sparc.
>
> There really is a binary-indep target for the docs. The source produces
> inform (any) and inform-docs (all). Which one is not current? How can I
> find out?
Well, that should be obvious. A binary-all package is not recompiled
for every architecture; when it is first uploaded, it is current on all
architectures! The binary-arch target needs recompilation for Sparc
presumably.
Running "madison <binary package name>" on ftp-master may be
informative.
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Daniel Jacobowitz Carnegie Mellon University
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer
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