Re: [WARNING] current state of modutils in potato
On Tue, Nov 09, 1999 at 09:52:52PM +0800, Jean-Paul Blaquiere wrote:
> > On Nov 09, Ben Collins scrawled :
>
> > We do realize that the current modutils now in the sparc/potato
> > distribution is broken. The problem is the new modutils does not allow for
> > compilation for sparc that allows it to work for sun4[cdm]'s and sun4u's
> > at the same time.
> >
> as a temporary option, is it possible to have two packages, one for sun4u and
> one for sun4[cdm] and have the dependencies set so that if you ask apt to get
> modutils, it says something along the lines of:
>
> modutils is provided by modutils-sun4u_.x.xxx
> or modutils-sun4cdm_x.xxx
>
> and then the user can then install explicitly which one he/she needs.
Implementing that in the archive will take longer than doing the patch :)
Ben
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