diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/ncbi-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/ncbi-tools/default.nix index e47b1744da7..775e2ec3cc8 100644 --- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/ncbi-tools/default.nix +++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/ncbi-tools/default.nix @@ -1,6 +1,11 @@ {stdenv, fetchurl, cpio}: -# Note: you may want the older C-libs at ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/toolbox/ncbi_tools++/2008/Mar_17_2008/NCBI_C_Toolkit/ncbi_c--Mar_17_2008.tar.gz +# The NCBI package only builds on 32bits - on 64bits it breaks because +# of position dependent code. Debian packagers have written replacement +# make files(!). Either we use these, or negotiate a version which can +# be pushed upstream to NCBI. +# +# Another note: you may want the older and deprecated C-libs at ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/toolbox/ncbi_tools++/2008/Mar_17_2008/NCBI_C_Toolkit/ncbi_c--Mar_17_2008.tar.gz stdenv.mkDerivation rec { name = "ncbi_tools";