Linux-Hams archive - April 1999: Re: Compiling the Kernel -- Again

Re: Compiling the Kernel -- Again

Hamish Moffatt (yzao.yllkzzsws@disaster.com)
Mon, 5 Apr 1999 13:21:10 +1000

On Sun, Apr 04, 1999 at 04:43:00AM -0000, Mike Bilow wrote:
> Your diagnosis is correct, and I believe the 16-bit assembler "as86" is in what
> both Red Hat and Debian call the "bin86" package. Ironically, this same
> dependency error also affects Debian, and I own the bug (35449) on it.

Unfortunately, the bin86 package is only needed on x86 (as noted in the bug
logs) so recommending or depending on it leaves non-x86 users in the lurch.

Hamish

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