On 4 Jun 2018, at 16:02, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <[email protected]> wrote: > On 06/04/2018 04:59 PM, Frank Scheiner wrote: >> I tried to follow the guide on the Debian wiki ([1]) and the `apt[-get] >> build-dep klibc` command fails: >> >> >> [1]: https://wiki.debian.org/BuildingTutorial#The_packaging_workflow > > Why aren't you using sbuild? You should always build in a clean environment. > Not on your normal system. > >> >> Maybe I should use sbuild in the future. > > Indeed. > >>> Also, you should create an account on salsa.debian.org, fork the >>> klibc repository into your own salsa home, create a branch for the >>> ia64-fix, revert the patch and send a pull request to Ben. >> >> I wasn't sure if code parts for an unofficial Debian arch can be included in >> the official repos, but on the other hand as we did the same thing for the >> GRUB patches to support GPT on sparc64, it actually makes perfect sense to >> do so. What was I thinking... :-/ > > The source code is shared among release and ports architectures.
Is there a good reason why we're not fixing the crashing instead of working around it? James
