* Adam C Powell IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-10-06 15:41]: > > debian/mpich-bin/usr/lib/mpich/share/examples doesn't exist. I cannot > > reproduce this on AMD64 but I can on MIPS. Only after looking at the > > build log in great detail I saw what was wrong: mips64 is not detected > > and not everything build, leading to a failure much much later. Please > > don't do that - fail immediately. > > Thank you for the report. I'm going to try to fix this by depending on > autotools-dev and copying in the relevant files, using the patch for bug > 333001. > > Will that fix this problem to your satisfaction, or would you like me to > build in a failure instead (which I'd have to learn how to do...)?
Well, ideally, it should fail immediately if it cannot recognize the system, rather than compiling stuff and then failing much later in a way that is hard to interpret. But that's really just a wishlist bug for upstream. -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
