Bug#1084066: amdgcn-tools: Please upgrade build-dep to llvm/clang 18 or 19

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>]

Control: clone -1 -2
Control: reassign -2 src:llvm-toolchain-19
Control: retitle -2 llvm-toolchain-19: readd gcn targets
Control: block -1 with -2

Hi,

On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 12:05:59 +0100 Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org> wrote:
> On 12.12.24 00:07, Bastian Germann wrote:
> > On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 18:50:41 +0200 Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre@debian.org> 
> > wrote:
> >> We would like to remove llvm-toolchain-17 and this package uses LLVM 17.
> >> Please update to 19 (preferred) or 18
> > Please also get rid of the unnecessary llvm-* Build-Dependencies when 
> > updating the llvm version.
> > 
>
> we can't do that unless we stop shipping GCC 13, or reverting the 
> removal of the gcn* targets in LLVM 18.  So probably you should start 
> working on getting these targets back into LLVM 18 or LLVM 19.
I don't see in the changelog for llvm 18 or 19 that the targets were removed, so 
perhaps the removal was unintentional? Sylvestre, can those be added back, so 
that amdgcn-tools can move to a newer llvm? This is one of the last blockers for 
the removal of llvm-toolchain-17 from trixie.

Cheers,
Emilio