On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 02:39:59AM +0100, Ana Guerrero wrote: > > Ah, note that libsvga1-dev is only available on i386 and amd64, so this > > package will now FTBFS on all other archs where it's currently built. For a > > package named *x*oscope, I don't think SVGAlib support is the most important > > feature -- indeed, I would suggest a build-conflicts with libsvga1-dev > > instead of a build-depends :)
> gah, in the the README file included in the upstream source says you > need libsvga1 to get oscope built. The upstream author and I did not > think you could need build xoscope in more archs besides amd64 and i386 :) Surely it's possible to plug this hardware into a powerpc as well? :) > So, there are 2 solutions here: > a) keep this dependency in amd64 and i386 and build oscope only in this archs > (and maybe include README.Debian telling this problem) > b) do not build oscope in any arch. After all, Xoscope is much more nice... > (i would go for this). Yes, as I said, this is my recommendation. Are you intending to NMU again with one of these solutions for the current build failures? > Anyway, it seems xoscope does not build in amd64 even before the NMU [1], so > i guess a new NMU or MU should select one of the above solutions and fix > the FTBFS in amd64. This build failure applies to all 64-bit archs, FWIW. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
