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Sent from my iPhone > On 23 Sep 2024, at 18:45, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, 2024-09-23 at 18:49 +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: >>> Not entirely sure it is exactly correct but it does build and does appear >>> to put a reasonable set of files into the packages generated. >> >> That's not the main problem, but the fact that the code cannot be >> cross-compiled: >> >>> https://github.com/mattst88/aboot/issues/5 >> >> and: >> >>> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=821332 >> >> aboot-cross depends on aboot-base, but aboot-base can only be fully built on >> alpha: >> >>> https://salsa.debian.org/debian/aboot/-/blob/master/debian/rules?ref_type=heads >> >> palo does it correctly: >> >>> https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/palo >> >> So, it's really not just as trivial as removing one line. If it was, I would >> have >> done that long ago. > > To clarify this a little more: The problem is that the aboot-base package can > only > be built on alpha which means that alpha-cross becomes uninstallable on the > other > architectures as anything built on alpha is not available for release > architectures. > > So, the proper fix would be to restructure the package such that the contents > of > aboot-base are made cross-buildable and thus fully available on any > architecture > which has a cross-compiler for alpha. > > See also the corresponding bug report for that change in palo: > >> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=851792 > > This particular issue is also part of the Debian Ports TODO list: > >> https://people.debian.org/~glaubitz/debian-ports-todo.txt > > So, if anyone is actually willing to help, please do. > > Adrian > > -- > .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > : :' : Debian Developer > `. `' Physicist > `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913 >
