Re: Progress report on CodeFestAkihabara, macbook Debian installation experience

[Junichi Uekawa <dancer@netfort.gr.jp>]

> I've just followed the instructions on the http://wiki.debian.org/MacBook wiki
> to install Debian etch RC1 (i386) on my new core 2 macbook.  I also tried
> installing etch RC1 (amd64), but I failed because the refit package isn't built
> for amd64:

> 
> admin/refit_0.7-3: Failed by buildd_ia64-caballero [optional:uncompiled]
>   Reasons for failing:
>     [Category: none]
>     not ours
>   Previous state was Building until 2006 Jul 13 17:45:14
> 
> (from http://people.debian.org/~igloo/package-status.php?package=refit).
> 
> Is someone already working on this, or should I poke at it and try to build it
> on an amd64 machine?

Short answer no.1: ia64 isn't amd64.

Short answer no.2: The following is the real information, we're
waiting for gnu-efi

amd64

admin/refit_0.7-3: Dep-Wait by buildd_i386-excelsior [optional:uncompiled]
  Dependencies: gnu-efi
  Previous state was Building until 2006 Aug 19 17:04:56



regards,
	junichi
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