Re: Bug#1082603: Should aboot be removed from unstable?
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> On 23 Sep 2024, at 18:45, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
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> On Mon, 2024-09-23 at 18:49 +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
>>> Not entirely sure it is exactly correct but it does build and does appear
>>> to put a reasonable set of files into the packages generated.
>>
>> That's not the main problem, but the fact that the code cannot be cross-compiled:
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>>> https://github.com/mattst88/aboot/issues/5
>>
>> and:
>>
>>> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=821332
>>
>> aboot-cross depends on aboot-base, but aboot-base can only be fully built on alpha:
>>
>>> https://salsa.debian.org/debian/aboot/-/blob/master/debian/rules?ref_type=heads
>>
>> palo does it correctly:
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>>> https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/palo
>>
>> So, it's really not just as trivial as removing one line. If it was, I would have
>> done that long ago.
>
> To clarify this a little more: The problem is that the aboot-base package can only
> be built on alpha which means that alpha-cross becomes uninstallable on the other
> architectures as anything built on alpha is not available for release architectures.
>
> So, the proper fix would be to restructure the package such that the contents of
> aboot-base are made cross-buildable and thus fully available on any architecture
> which has a cross-compiler for alpha.
>
> See also the corresponding bug report for that change in palo:
>
>> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=851792
>
> This particular issue is also part of the Debian Ports TODO list:
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>> https://people.debian.org/~glaubitz/debian-ports-todo.txt
>
> So, if anyone is actually willing to help, please do.
>
> Adrian
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