Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 23:51:12 +0100 From: Danny Pansters <danny@ricin.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: danny@ricin.com Subject: How to deal with an arch you don't have access to (pointyhat) Message-ID: <200501312351.12611.danny@ricin.com>
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Hi folks, A port I maintain doesn't build on alpha 4. I have a possible solution (might need to repeat for other modules that may have the same problem), but since I only have i386 myself I can't test it. I would think this is not an uncommon situation and so I wanted to ask how do port maintainers deal with this? Of course I can PR, then wait and see how pointyhat does, then perhaps PR again, etc. Doable but not very efficient, and I'm uncomfortable submitting stuff that isn't tested in any way. So, what do people normally do in such cases, try and find a guinea pig? Or is it possible to build a port for another arch (I think not unless you also have/use a world built for that arch)? Thanks, Dan
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