You have been subscribed to a public bug: Kernel PPA contains a files that are compiled against amd64 instead of ppc64el. This makes this kernel unusable:
Example: PPA: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ Kernel: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/\~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.10-rc8/linux- headers-4.10.0-041000rc8-generic_4.10.0-041000rc8.201702121731_ppc64el.deb ➜ ppa dpkg-deb -x linux- headers-4.10.0-041000rc8-generic_4.10.0-041000rc8.201702121731_ppc64el.deb . ➜ ppa find . -name fixdep ./usr/src/linux-headers-4.10.0-041000rc8-generic/scripts/basic/fixdep ➜ ppa file ./usr/src/linux-headers-4.10.0-041000rc8-generic/scripts/basic/fixdep ./usr/src/linux-headers-4.10.0-041000rc8-generic/scripts/basic/fixdep: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux 2.6.32, BuildID[sha1]=438d1c0255e4943c4af1b9568a4cbe83d9034737, not stripped ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- kernel ppa is building amd64 files inside ppc64el package https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1665447 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp