Re: nodejs package issues

[Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>]

On 17.02.2017 06:56, Michael Cree wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 08:43:28PM -0600, Bob Tracy wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 08:23:05AM +1300, Michael Cree wrote:
>>> On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 03:43:02AM -0600, Bob Tracy wrote:
>>> (...) 
>>>> Next issue is the "-m32" argument getting passed to the compiler.  Not
>>>> appropriate for Alpha. 
>>>
>>> That's a bug that should be reported to the package maintainer.
>>
>> Done.  See Debian bug #855259 filed against the source package....
>
> We have libkf5purpose-bin up to date in the archive but it depends on
> nodejs.  We should have filed a bug against libkf5purpose-bin to have
> the nodejs dependency removed as has been already been done for armel
> which also does not have nodejs built. Indeed the bug report should
> probably ask for the dependency to be removed for all ports arches
> without nodejs (looks like alpha, hppa, m68k, powerpcspe, sh4, sparc64
> and x32 but I am not sure whether there is active work or not to
> support nodejs on any of those.)

On hppa we will not support jnode short-term (and I assume it's true for
most other ports too).
So, if you open a bug, please include hppa to have the nodejs dependency
removed.

Thanks,
Helge