Bug#432666: sauerbraten: segfaults on powerpc

[Gürkan Sengün]

Dear LaMont Jones

Please can you do the requested changes on P-A-S now?



Dear Reinhard

>> Couly you please make it doesn't build on powerpc anymore and close this bug?
>> (see the debian/control file, Architecture: field)
> 
> Please don't do that!
 >
> There is no way in debian/control to express "build on anything but,,,",
> The only option you'd have is to make a list like "build only on...".

No this is not true, one can use [!powerpc].

> Better write some lines on the top of debian/rules which checks if it is
> run on a blacklist of architectures (like powerpc), and use the $(error)
> make command to fail the build. This way you can document why you are
> failing the build, and make it trivial for powerpc porters to work on
> this package.

Please don't do that, besides you are missing the point completely. The
software builds perfectly on powerpc, it's just nobody can ever play it
with more than 3 frames per second, because NVidia (nor ATI) will give
you accelerated drivers for those graphics card for linux.

> As for overusing the buildds: The buildd maintainers will detect this
> after the first failure, and add the package to the NFU list.

NFU?

> I'm doing this change in svn now.

Again, please do not.

Thank you,
Gürkan

Nvidias statement as of 11/06/07 22:13 is:
I'm afraid there are currently no plans to support Linux on the PowerPC
architecture.
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