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Re: Missing 64 bit packages
- From: Jon TURNEY <jon dot turney at dronecode dot org dot uk>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2013 20:48:15 +0100
- Subject: Re: Missing 64 bit packages
- References: <20130805092552 dot GM23060 at calimero dot vinschen dot de>
On 05/08/2013 10:25, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> below's the latest list of packages yet mssing in the 64 bit distro. It
> got a bit shorter, but there's still a lot of stuff missing. I'll look
> into generating 64 bit packages for some of them as time permits, but it
> would be better if the real maintainer could do the job.
>
> There's also the problem of missing maintainers again. Some of the
> names in the below list didn't show up for a long time. Please guys, be
> so kind as to reply to this mail, so we can check if some packages are
> orphaned, or if you are just busy.
> ORPHANED
> xmon
I do use this occasionally, so if Yaakov doesn't want this, I will adopt it.
> Jon Turney
>
> xlaunch
> xview
xlaunch is done.
There is no 64-bit version of xview. It does not build correctly for x86_64.
It appears there were some efforts towards fixing this, but they were not
completed and/or gave up in disgust since apparently fixing things will
probably require fixing all xview clients as well ([1] has some of the hideous
details)
[1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=125391