On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 12:29:54AM +0100, Santiago Vila wrote: > On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 12:27:00AM +0100, jhcha54008 wrote: > > How could we keep a working bootloader for our alpha workstations ? > Can you figure out what changes would be required in the package so > that the Arch:all package becomes really Arch:alpha? > I would start by modifying debian/control to read like this: > Package: aboot-base > Architecture: alpha > then debian/rules may need some adjustment, but I can't test that. > I think that would be the orthodox thing to do for a package which is > really alpha-specific. But then the package containing the bootloader-bits-as-data would not be available to people running on !alpha architectures for purposes of building installer images. > The Arch:all thing I admit that it's a clever trick, but it is against > the release goal (or current setup, depending on how you look at it) > that every Arch:all package must be buildable in the Arch:all > autobuilder (which runs amd64). Well, alpha hasn't been a release architecture for quite some time, so I don't think that's the most important thing, either. But it's possible that a better option nowadays would be to use the gcc-alpha-linux-gnu cross-compiler package. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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