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Re: Request distributed-net powerpc build



On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 08:34:07PM -0500, Joe Drew wrote:
> Could I possibly get someone to rebuild distributed-net on powerpc? It
> doesn't require any compilation (it's binary-only) but due to the way 
> the build process works I haven't been able to generate powerpc .deb files.
> The powerpc binary for distributed-net is horrendously out of date, and
> 
> Incidentally, I don't know why voltare's buildd says Not-For-Us (at  
> http://voltaire.debian.org/buildd/buildlogs/distributed-net/latest);
> if the buildd built it, this wouldn't be a problem.

Presumably because of the long period in which it wouldn't build.  As a
rule, I don't go out of my way to figure out what is wrong with
non-free packages; not just because of the political issues, but
because the vast majority of them are hideously crufty and unportable.

I dumped it back into the queue.

Dan

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|   Debian GNU/Linux Developer    __    Carnegie Mellon University   |
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