Le Wed, May 17, 2006 at 09:02:40PM +0200, Wolfgang Faber a écrit : > Dear all, > > I noticed that the package sgb (Stanford GraphBase by Don Knuth) is > available in binary only for i386. I'm not sure about the reason for > that; it has been moved to non-free with the latest version (apparently > Knuth doesn't allow it to be modified) quite some time ago, could this > be a reason? At the moment there is also a broken dependency when you > try to install sgb-doc, which does exist on non-i386. > > Is the right way to go to file a bug report? How does the porting > usually work, is it buildd.debian.org? Did the maintainer forget to > issue a "request" in this case, or can even I do that?
Dear Wolfgang, As the non-free section is not autobuilt, the package for powerpc would have to be compiled on a internal debian machine (for security purposes), and to be uploaded. The maintainer of the package is of course the best person to ask this first, and doing so via a bug report gives some tracability to the request. In the meantime, you can build it yourself easily from the source package. Provided that you have the appropriate "deb-src" line in your /etc/apt/souces.list file, juste type in a directory where you have enough space for the compilation. sudo apt-get build-dep sgb fakeroot apt-get source --build sgb This will produce a binary package for powerpc. Ideally, you could do this before sending the bug, thus confirming to the maintainer that the operation will be trivial. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Wako, Saitama, Japan > > Sorry if this is a FAQ, but I couldn't find much on it. > > best regards > Wolfgang > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
