Re: Current 2.2r2 status
On Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 01:08:19PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> Ben Collins wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 01:00:51PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> > > Ben Collins wrote:
> > > > FYI, I did a full build with "dpkg-buildpackage -B" and it built with no
> > > > problems on sparc.
> > >
> > > AFAIK there are still pcmcia issues on i386. The pcmcia package doesn't
> > > match the kernel or something and needs to be rebuilt.
> >
> > Ok, that's the issue I was trying to remember. Any idea who is handling
> > this, and when it is expected to be done?
>
> Adam Di Carlo was, but he had to take a trip.
>
> Compiling matching kernels/pcmcia .deb's for the boot floppies is a bit
> of a black art. You have to worry about the various i386 flavors, plus
> just getting the resulting .deb to have the right filename can be tough.
> It takes manual, undocumented hacking. Only people I know who know how
> to do it are Randolph Chung, Adam Di Carlo, and Herbert Xu.
Is there a special mantra I must chant to get one of them to produce these
coveted packages? :)
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