tags 736404 wontfix
close 736404
thank you
Thierry,
as you should be well aware, the sourceforge powerpc-utils is an
entirely new codebase, targeting very different systems from those that
the current Debian powperpc-utils package targets. Updating the current
powerpc-utils package from the new repository would break the package,
because functionality present in the old package will be lost. I believe
I have pointed this out in the past, on occasion of a similar request.
Renaming current powerpc-utils to powermac-utils might be possible, but
it would be impossible to ensure all users on old powerpc (PowerMac)
hardware actually install a transitional package effecting the name
change before replacing it with one geared towards power64 hardware.
Last but not least, I lack the required hardware to test a power64 package.
You should consider creating a new package for your purpose -
power64-utils comes to mind here.
Regards,
Michael Schmitz
Thierry@vnet wrote:
Package: powerpc-utils
Version: 1.1.3-24
Package should be upgraded to the upstream release 1.2.18
located at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/powerpc-utils/files/powerpc-utils/
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