reopen 314988
thanks

>  geomview (1.8.1-10) unstable; urgency=low
>  .
>    * debian/control: Add "texinfo" to build-deps so that command "makeinfo"
>      is available.  Closes: #338773.
>  .
>    * debian/control: Restrict architectures.  This package was not designed
>    for 64-bit machines.  Closes: #314988.

Sorry, this is *not* (just) a 64-bit bug; geomview runs fine for me on my
alpha.  Since the etch RC policy says that packages must be supported on as
many architectures as is reasonably possible, this is therefore an RC bug;
please re-add alpha to the architecture list.  ia64 can reasonably be left
out until someone can confirm that this bug doesn't exist there, but given
that both people who have reported this bug say they're using nvidia on
amd64, I suspect it may be a 64-bit issue in geomview that only manifests
when using the nvidia binary drivers -- in which case the package really
ought to be supported on amd64 as well.

Next time if you want to sneak a change like this past the porters, don't
forget to ask the ftpmasters to remove the stale binary packages. ;)

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