On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:14:55 +0200 Nezmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 08:21:03PM +0100, Heiko Baums wrote: > > Am Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:35:04 +0200 > > schrieb Nezmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: > > > > > That's not a problem. Source redistribution is allowed so we can > > > host the sources wherever we want. > > > > > > I'm interested in a built-from-source native x86_64 iron package. > > > The "build" directory in the iron sources is empty though. > > > > > > I didn't dig deep enough yet trying to build iron. If anyone have > > > done this before , please tell me how. I'm willing to maintain > > > this in AUR If needed. > > > > I tried it but had the problem that makepkg told me, that it hadn't > > had the rights to run ./configure. It's probably one of the 7-Zip > > problems because 7-Zip doesn't store file attributes. > > > > In accordance with the README file it should simply be done by the > > usual ./configure > > make > > make install > > > > Heiko > "chmod +x configure" will get you started. But It will fail soon after > that. The beauty of arch is that you can work close to upstream, so just talk to them, file a bug, kick ass, and things will improve. Everyone will gain from it.