On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Martin Schulze wrote: >... > Rejected packages > ----------------- >... > mtools updates 3.9.6-4 arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc > > Doesn't look like it was suited for potato. Changelog says > > * New maintainer. > > * The following patches are needed to get mtools running on ARM: > > - updated config.guess and config.sub > > - configure.in: recognize *-*-linux-gnu > > - configure.in: add "-mstructure-size-boundary=8" to the > CFLAGS on ARM (closes: #79180) > > Alpha is also missing > > Explanation from Adrian Bunk: > > It was meant to go in potato: All the patches (except the > changed maintainer address) are ARM-specific or save (I don't > expect bugs with "updated config.guess and config.sub") and > shouldn't affect other platforms. Currently, any call to one > of the programs on ARM gives the error message: > > Mtools has not been correctly compiled > Recompile it using a more recent compiler > > (Joey) If Netwinders would have a floppy drive I would be > convinced. >...
The submitter of #79180 has an Acorn RISC PC with a built-in floppy drive and a Zip disk. cu Adrian -- Nicht weil die Dinge schwierig sind wagen wir sie nicht, sondern weil wir sie nicht wagen sind sie schwierig.
