Re: Help requested: Packages which FTBFS randomly
On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 11:04:52PM +0100, Christoph Biedl wrote:
> > > * using a qemu build chroot (Debian doesn't do this, other might)
> >
> > Is that because QEMU is slow, or some other reason?
>
> AIUI qemu(-static) cannot handle threading very well. So if a build
> process uses such applications, things turn bad. Typical observation was
> msgmerge stuck in an endless loop at 100% CPU. Lesson learned: There is
> a reason why Debian builds do not use emulation.
That's qemu-user. On the other hand, qemu-system, while nowhere as
convenient, is safe and reliable. Its bugs don't exceed the differences
between revisions of real hardware.
Meow!
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