Re: porting problem and how to request help
On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 07:51:08PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> Some weeks ago I received Bug#96254 on one of my package: ocaml-xstr,
> the problem is a build failure on a m68k machine. The reason is that a
> package needed in ocaml-xstr compilation named ocaml-findlib, does not
> work well on a m68k architecture.
> I forwarded the problem to the upstream author and I told me that he
> does not like to solve architecture specific problem, OTOH I do not have
> time and knowledge to debug problems on m68k arch.
>
> How can I solve the problem? May I ask for help on debian-devel or on
> debian-m68k ML?
>
> Cause the problem is related to another package, may I close the bug on
> ocaml-xstr and fill a new one against ocaml-findlib?
I would say the best idea would be to write to debian-m68k, or maybe to some
of the proters directly. Who did make the bugreport to you ? what does he have
to say about this ?
Friendl,y,
Sven Luther
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