Le Dim 12 Juin 2005 08:51, John Skaller a écrit : > How should a package build script cope with a fault > in a package used in a build? > > The situation: there is a fatal bug in the 'ocaml' binary > package for the amd64 architecture. This package would > contain the native code ocaml compiler for amd64, which > has a bug. Native code compilers for x86 works. > > The debian/rules can detect amd64, and there is a way > to force the upstream source to not use the native code > compiler. > > However, the problem will probably be fixed, but I cannot > predict in which release of Ocaml. > > I propose to 'hack' debian/rules to cope. Would that > be the proper way? could you bemore specific on the bugs you encounter ? because your explanation lost me a bit. moreover, you may want to ask your question on the ocaml maintainer list (search on lists.debian.org, I don't remember the exact name, but you will meet there a lot of active people with big experience with ocaml apps/libs packaging) -- ·O· Pierre Habouzit ··O madcoder@debian.org OOO http://www.madism.org
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