Re: ocamlopt issue
On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 02:46:32PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> > I've seen many more supported architectures in ocaml CVS (ia64, parisc),
>
> Don't know about parisc, i don't think it is supported in 3.04, and ia64
> native compiler are broken on ia64 (and since upstream don't have a ia64
> box anymore, i guess they will remain broken).
They may be able to get an account on a Debian ia64, even if they're
not developers. One must check on db.debian.org if merulo can be accessed
by non-developers.
...
> The correct way, as the ocaml debian policy document says if i remember
> well, is to depend on ocaml, and have a check for ocamlopt in
> debian/rules, and if it is not present, build only the bytecode version.
Yes, and something has to be fixed on the ocamlsdl upstream side: ocamlopt
should not be mandatory.
> That said, many upstream packages are ia32 centric, and don't take into
> acount that many arches don't have native compilers. These packages are
> considered broken as far as debian is concerned, and it is the job of
> the maintainer to fix the build process.
>
> I don't really believe there is any ocaml stuff that trully 'needs' the
> native code compilers to the point of not being able to build and run in
> bytecode, they will be slow, but they will work.
Alright. Thanks.
Regards,
--
Jérôme Marant
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