Hi Florian, On 30-07-18 23:14, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Paul Gevers: >> On 29-07-18 13:26, Florian Weimer wrote: >>> I'm not sure why it is necessary to build glibc three times (unless >>> it's impossible to get multi-arch packages into the buildroot). >> >> I am not sure if I understand what you mean, but currently having >> multiple arches available in the autopkgtest testbed isn't supported. I >> have seen packages try (gnupg2), but this goes easily wrong considering >> the unstable-to-testing migration setup. If there is a real need for >> this, it should come from autopkgtest.
> In concrete terms, what I meant was: Why build libc6-i386 on amd64 > when there is a libc6:i386 package as well? I have no idea. > In Fedora, there's a restriction that buildds cannot install foreign > architecture packages. Some packages need a 32-bit glibc on a 64-bit > builder, too. (Typical gcc flags, for example, or fake amd64 packages > such as amd64). That made me wonder if Debian has a similar > restriction for its buildds. I don't know what the restrictions are on buildds. But autopkgtest doesn't run on buildds, so I'm not sure if you question is relevant (unless the above paragraph answers your own question). In autopkgtest installing foreign architecture packages isn't supported yet as I mentioned in my previous e-mail. Paul
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