Re: ocaml on mips
On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 12:31:52AM +0000, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> * Ralf Treinen <treinen@lsv.ens-cachan.fr> [2006-03-05 00:58]:
> > I guess if ocaml-native-compiler does not exist on mips then either
> > the package should not build-depend on it, or if it really needs
> > ocaml-native-compiler then it should not be for architecture mips.
>
> Oh no, that's all fine. The package is "arch: any" and has a
> build-dependency on ocaml-native-compiler. This means that the
That package is buggy and needs to be fixed. It should build-depend on
ocaml-best-compiler instead. My guess is that the package in question never
ever bothered about non-native arches, and will break on other non-native
arches too (s390, hppa and m68k right now i believe).
> IOW, it's not a bug in that particular package I tried to build.
It sure is. What is this buggy's package name ?
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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