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#1 2010-09-09 21:28:49
- Ben9250
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Packages on AUR not for x86_64 [SOLVED]
Hi all, I'm trying to get into ReST as a possible way for me to do my work - I've been using Latex with LyX up to now anyway. I wanted a way to get BibTeX to ReST and I stumbled across bibstuff - more specifically bib4txt, so I can reference in my ReST document, and then have it scan my document, and generate a bibliography using a bibtex file .bib - I'm hoping eventually ReST will get better Bibtex support as it's really the only bad thing I can say about it at the minute. Anyway, I'm trying to use bib4txt but it keeps saying I need the python simpleparser module installed - fair enough, but when I use yaourt to get it from the AUR it says its not available for my x86_64 architecture. It said something about editing the PKGBUILD and just changing arch=() to my architecture. Is it really that simple or will that screw anything up? I've been reading about the build system but PKGBUILDs phase me the most.
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#2 2010-09-09 21:35:46
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Re: Packages on AUR not for x86_64 [SOLVED]
It's usually that simple. Only for a few things will it actually break.
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#3 2010-09-09 21:46:30
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Re: Packages on AUR not for x86_64 [SOLVED]
It's usually that simple. Only for a few things will it actually break.
And, if everything works, be sure to create a comment in the AUR to that effect. Even better if you post a patch (diff the original and your revised PKGBUILDs and post the output)
If you do, don't just change the arch, but rather add your arch to the list.
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#4 2010-09-09 22:37:17
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Re: Packages on AUR not for x86_64 [SOLVED]
Ok thanks, it's working now!
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#5 2010-09-09 22:54:22
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Re: Packages on AUR not for x86_64 [SOLVED]
Even better if you post a patch (diff the original and your revised PKGBUILDs and post the output)
If you do, don't just change the arch, but rather add your arch to the list.
A patch that only adds a single word to one line of a very small text file is not KISS imo. As a maintainer, I would much prefer a simple comment asking me to add "x86_64" to the "arch" array.
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