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From: Luca Barbato <lu_zero@g.o>
To: Nuno Moura e Silva Cruces <mail@×××××××××××.net>
Cc: gentoo-ppc-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-ppc-dev] Masked packages working OK and one I've managed to get working...
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 00:26:44
Message-Id: 3FA05A9B.6010208@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-ppc-dev] Masked packages working OK and one I've managed to get working... by Nuno Moura e Silva Cruces
1 Nuno Moura e Silva Cruces wrote:
2 > Hi!
3 >
4 > I've installed Gentoo a couple of months ago with some packages of the
5 > unstable branch (~ppc). After this time, these are the ones I can pretty
6 > much say I'd consider stable:
7 >
8 > dev-java/rhino-1.5_rc4
9 no idea
10 > games-emulation/dosbox-0.60
11 no idea
12 > media-plugins/xmms-cdread-0.14a-r1 (see below)
13 has issues (not endianess)
14 > media-sound/xmms-1.2.8-rc3
15 had issues
16 > net-dialup/pptpclient-1.2.0
17 no idea
18 > net-www/elinks-0.4.3_rc2
19 no idea
20 > sys-apps/cpudyn-0.4.7
21 no idea
22 > x11-misc/numlockx-1.0
23 no idea
24 > x11-themes/gtk-engines-lighthouseblue-0.7.0
25 works
26 > x11-wm/fluxbox-0.1.14-r2
27 no idea
28 >
29 > (some prior versions of some of these packages have worked to, but I
30 > just don't remember which)
31 >
32 > Just to add, I've probably never gone into the most advanced features of
33 > any the programs above and haven't really tested them deeply. I just say
34 > they're stable cause they haven't given me any problems on my normal usage
35 > for weeks/months.
36 >
37 > As to xmms-cdread, I believe I may have found a little endian problem,
38 > see: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30796. The report didn't get any
39 > substantial feedback, and I don't know what else to do... (I've also tried
40 > the forums, but no luck too) If you could perhaps lead me on how to verify
41 > this (still don't know whether I'm the only one experiencing this) and in
42 > case this is in fact a problem, on how to contact the package maintainer to
43 > get this into portage, I'd be glad to continue trying to help!
44 Committed the patch, still that plugin isn't necessary anymore. xmms
45 provides that feature itself
46 >
47 > Hope it helps... I'd really like to give something back to a community
48 > that's make my iBook so useful!
49 thanks for your feedback I hope we sort out those request as soon as
50 possible =)
51 >
52 > Nuno Moura e Silva Cruces
53 > (Lisbon, Portugal)
54 >
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59 Luca Barbato
60 Developer
61 Gentoo Linux http://www.gentoo.org/~lu_zero
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Re: [gentoo-ppc-dev] Masked packages working OK and one I've managed to get working... Nuno Moura e Silva Cruces <mail@×××××××××××.net>