Dear Maintainer,

fricas does not start on loong64.

  $ fricas
  Cannot determine status of
/usr/lib/fricas/target/loongarch64-linux-gnu/lib/command.list.: No
such file or directory
  (HyperDoc) read_ht_db: No ht.db file found
  openServer result 0
  Warning: HyperTeX macro table not found
                         FriCAS Computer Algebra System
                   Version: FriCAS 1.3.13 built with gcl 2.7.1
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Issue )copyright to view copyright notices.
     Issue )summary for a summary of useful system commands.
     Issue )quit to leave FriCAS and return to shell.
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Error:
  Fast links are on: do (si::use-fast-links nil) for debugging
  Signalled by "AN ANONYMOUS FUNCTION".
  INTERNAL-SIMPLE-FILE-ERROR: File error on
"/usr/lib/fricas/target/loongarch64-linux-gnu/algebra/interp.daase":
Cannot open

  Broken at NIL.  Type :H for Help.
      1  Return to top level.
  BOOT>>


This fails because fricas-databases, fricas-doc, fricas-source,
fricas-graphics-data, and
fricas-hypertex-data contain symlinks only for amd64 (the build
machine for Architecture: all).

Best
-Dominique

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
fricas, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1148683@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Camm Maguire <camm@debian.org> (supplier of updated fricas package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:52:44 -0400
Source: fricas
Architecture: source
Version: 1.3.13-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: high
Maintainer: Camm Maguire <camm@debian.org>
Changed-By: Camm Maguire <camm@debian.org>
Closes: 1148683
Changes:
 fricas (1.3.13-2) unstable; urgency=high
 .
   * Bug fix: "does not start on loong64 ("Cannot open
     ... interp.daase")", thanks to Dominique Belhachemi (Closes:
     #1148683).  Build depend latest gcl27
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