On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 10:36:05PM +0200, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote: > clone 471404 -1 > retitle -1 linux86: Port to 64 bit archs > severity -2 wishlist > thanks > > Robert Millan wrote: > > Package: bin86 > > Version: 0.16.17-2 > > Severity: grave > > > > The 64-bit versions of this package don't produce useful code; they're > > full of > > sizeof(long) == 4 assumptions, causing as86 to mess up alignment, etc. > > > > Attached patch fixes some of the problems, although I didn't get it to > > produce > > equivalent images for my test case (bochsbios). > > > > If nobody can step in and solve this, an alternative would be restricting > > availability of this package to 32-bit architectures. > > I'll NMU to drop the 64 bit archs.
Hi, I understand nobody has the time to properly fix this (including myself), but please could you apply my patch at least? Otherwise it will get lost. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
