Re: State of arm64 in testing.
peter green wrote:
I've been looking at the list
(https://qa.debian.org/dose/debcheck/testing_main/1413608403/arm64.html)
of uninstallable packages in arm64 testing focussing on packages that
are arch specific (since AIUI current de-facto policy is it's
acceptable for arch all packages to be uninstallable but unacceptable
for arch specific packages to be uninstallable).
Time for an update. the stiaution has imrpoved massively but we still
have some ways to go to get the list of uninstallable arch specific
binaries down to 0
1: gcc-4.9/binutils: gcc-4.9 picked up a tighter binutils dependency
on arm64 than on other architectures. Unfortunately this means it's
not installable with the binutils currently in jessie. Binutils has
not been migrating to jessie due to frequent uploads.
Binutils has now finally migrated to testing :).
2: gcc-defaults: gcc-defaults has not been migrating to jessie for a
while due to depdency issues on kfreebsd. It was binnmu'd successfully
in arm64 tpu and that binnmu migrated (I suspect it was forced but I
don't know for sure) to testing but unfortunately several of the
binary packages built from gcc-defaults are not binnmu safe and are
hence uninstallable.
This has apparently just migrated, it will take some time for the dose
pages to update to reflect that.
3: many dependencies sitting in needs-build: hopefully the extra
autobuilders that have just come online will help with that.
This is no longer an issue.
4: notify-python, wookey bugrepped this about 6 days ago, probablly
about time to turn that bugrep into a NMU.
hippo-canvas: also seems to need a NMU for config.sub/guess issues.
dvdauthor: also seems to need a NMU for config.sub/guess issues.
Theese are fixed in sid but waiting for migration to testing.
Other packages that need to be dealt with
cython: blocked from migrating to testing by build failures on armel
(testsuite failure) and mips (timeout). May be a candiate for a TPU
binnmu later (probablly not the right time to do it yet)
seed: blocked from migration to testing by build failures on mips,
powerpc and s390x)
These two are still outstanding
tightvnc: also seems to need a NMU for config.sub/guess issues.
As wookey pointed out I misdiagnosed this before, i'm now taking a more
detailed look.
New issues/concerns
gnat-4.9: needs to migrate to testing and for that it needs to be built
on mips, it's been sitting in needs-build on mips for a worryingly long
time.
vinagre: waiting for migration to testing
plplot: appears to be blocked from migrating to testing by gnat-4.9 (see
above)
haskell: I think this may just need some time to settle after binutils
got in, needs keeping an eye on over the next few days.
magics++: weird issue relating to -data package but a new versions
migrating from unstable soon, hopefully that will fix things
xfce4-battery-plugin: needs a small fix for arm64, sledge posted a
bugrep a few days ago, probablly wait a couple more days then NMU if
there is no maintainer response.
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