Package: alien Version: 8.64 Other Linux distributions, such as Redhat and Suse, treat the 64-bit IBM mainframe architecture (s390x) as a completely separate architecture from the 32-bit IBM mainframe architecture (s390). Debian treats the 64-bit IBM mainframe architecture as an extension of the s390 architecture. 64-bit IBM mainframe packages are usually distinguished as such in some way in their package name, such as the use of s390x or 64. For example,
linux-image-2.6.26-1-s390x or lib64gcc1 but the package FILE name still ends with "_s390.deb". For example, linux-image-2.6.26-1-s390x_2.6.26-8_s390.deb or lib64gcc1_4.3.2-1_s390.deb Alien appears to have no support for this. It does not recognize s390x specified in rpm packages as valid for the Debian s390 architecture, does not recognize the format of many 64-bit format packages, such as shared libraries (.so files), etc. (Note: you may see s390 identified in the literature as 31-bit. There is some confusion on this topic. The s390 architecture uses 32-bit registers for binary integer arithmetic, but the addressing is limited to 31 bits. Whether the architecture is 31-bit or 32-bit depends on how you look at it. For System z, both the registers and the addressing are 64-bits, but it does have a 32-bit compatibility mode.) Note: although I have reported this bug against version 8.64, I don't see a fixed bug report against 8.72 which describes this problem; so I wouldn't be surprised if version 8.72 has this problem too. -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
