Re: evolution builds for powerpc?
Gaudenz Steinlin wrote:
> because the evolution package in debian-powerpc unstable is out of date,
> I tried to build the source packages myself (I built gtkhtml, bonobo,
> bonobo-conf and evolution) and it worked.
And you're not affected by the non-PIC code in libcamel? What version of libc6
did you build against?
> So my question is, why do these packages not go into the archive, when the
> builds for powerpc seem to work?
Michael has nicely summarized the most important reasons. For me, the
situation is currently very frustrating, I can't upload packages because I
lost my GPG key and the new one is still pending for inclusion into the
developer keyring. (Has been for weeks...)
> p.s.: I had one minor problem building the package, because building
> evolution needs access to an XServer at some point (failed first with
> Cannot open display...). But I don't think this is powerpc specific.
It would still be nice if you reported a bug against the offending package.
--
Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member
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