On Sat, 2007-03-10 at 02:24 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 11:15:47AM +0100, Uwe Schindler wrote: > > > the recent debian kernels support prctl (for configuring unaligned > > accesses). It would be wonderful to have the corresponding package build for > > alpha, too. According to the changelog > > (http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/p/prctl/prctl_1.5-1/changel > > og , this version is in testing!) it is now available for ANY architecture. > > But until now it only builds for hppa and ia64. > > > Where is the problem and could it be enabled for etch (is this a missing > > configuration in build)? > > The package is still listed in Packages-arch-specific[1] as only belonging > on hppa and ia64. > > Lamont, could you please add alpha to the list of supported archs for prctl? > The Debian kernels have supported the prctl interfaces on alpha since > version 2.6.18-3. > > Thanks,
One of the goals of my last update of prctl package was to enable building on all architectures that can support it. So please do enable prctl build on alpha. -- Khalid -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
