Hi armel packages are now migrating to "testing", so anyone using the EABI port should add a line to /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian lenny main and you probably want to keep deb http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian unstable main deb http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian unreleased main too, until the main repository catches up with the extra packages that those repositories have.
I've also created a "trivial repository" of the 45 armel packages that I've built but which are not present in lenny or sid or debian-ports, some because they were build dependencies I had to make to compile other things, others that had never been tried on armel and some that are the successful outcome of test builds when simply adding "armel" to the Architectures lines. That can be accessed by adding deb http://simplemachines.it/debian armel-sid/ and there is also an html index of the available packages under that URL Special thanks to SimpleMachines for hosting this. I've now completed systematic checks for packages that were not enabled in debian/control (or similar) for armel but should have been, including the "not listed in Packages:/Architectures: lines" problem, and there are now bug reports filed for all of them. All the armel-problematic source packages that I know about now have a paragraph in wiki.debian.org/ArmEabiProblems giving a first analysis of the problem together with their relative importance due to other things depending on them. Getting the armel port into shape now consists of two waiting games and one action: - waiting until all packages already known to work have been built and included in the main archive - waiting until new versions are uploaded in response to the bug reports (all pending ones are also listed in the Problems page) - fixing the package-specific problems listed. My own time on this project is limited, but I can provide access to armel hardware for anyone wishing to help with the last of these three. Bless M --- "We know that all human learning occurs between the ages of eight and eighteen because at eight we have all the questions and at eighteen we have all the answers." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]