Re: ITR: varkon (updated package)

[Erik Schanze <schanzi_@gmx.de>]

Hi Matthias,

Matthias Julius <lists@julius-net.net>:
> Also, Varkon is not 64bit safe.  I have noticed myself that the
> compiler complains a lot about castings between integers and pointers
> of different size when I build it for amd64.  When asked on the list
> upstream also confirmed that Varkon currently does not support 64bit
> archs.
>
> What is the best way to deal with that issue until it is fixed
> properly upstream?  Should I just disable all 64bit architectures for
> the varkon package?
>
IMO excluding of architectures is good if the program makes no sense on 
it, e.g. because of missing hardware.

In your case it is a problem of unportable code, you should fix it 
before.


Kindly regards,

Erik


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