[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] xskat and maemo fonts

[From: Ed Bartosh]

On Wed, 2006-11-15 at 10:37, ext Hans J. Koch wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 15. November 2006 09:02 schrieb Ed Bartosh:
> > On Wed, 2006-11-15 at 00:26, ext Hans J. Koch wrote:
> > > Am Dienstag, 14. November 2006 20:42 schrieb Holger:
> > > > Hi Hans,
> > > >
> > > > i would very like to use xskat on my Nokia 770 too.
> > > > It is my favorit game.
> > > > Can you tell me where can i get xskat?
> > >
> > > I used the binary from Debian unstable "xskat" package. Download the
> > > package for ARM platform. A Debian .deb is in fact a tar archive.
> > > Untar it, all you need is the binary called xskat. Copy it to your
> > > 770.
> >
> > It will not work this way. Maemo applications aren't binary compatible with
> > Debian from OS 2006 edition. Package should be rebuilt in Maemo development
> > environment at least.
> 
> Well, I have to admit I didn't try it with OS2006. Can you give a short 
> explanation why that is? xskat is a simple dialog-based X app which I thought 
> should run with any X server.
Well, short explanation would be "Because Maemo OS2006 uses EABI"

Here is the quote from http://www.maemo.org/downloads/releases.html:
Maemo 2.0 introduces a major binary break due to the adoption of EABI toolchain and 
several API changes requiring porting of all existing maemo 1.1 applications to maemo 2.0

And.more detailed explanation:
http://wiki.debian.org/ArmEabiPort


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Best regards,
Ed