Bug#785651: glibc: test run times out on ci.debian.net; maybe don't force a build every time
- To: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>, 785651@bugs.debian.org
- Cc: Paul Gevers <elbrus@debian.org>
- Subject: Bug#785651: glibc: test run times out on ci.debian.net; maybe don't force a build every time
- From: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
- Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2018 18:47:19 +0200
- Message-id: <[🔎] 20180804164719.GA5563@aurel32.net>
- Reply-to: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>, 785651@bugs.debian.org
- In-reply-to: <877elcqvcf.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de>
- References: <20180314075945.GA3288@aurel32.net> <87sh8ek8em.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> <87sh8ek8em.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> <20150518184734.GA8729@debian.org> <ce460016-0355-8817-a5d0-a1118590ec65@debian.org> <87o9equvtw.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> <20150518184734.GA8729@debian.org> <66c65ef4-3d19-525f-17f7-d012fb181484@debian.org> <20150518184734.GA8729@debian.org> <877elcqvcf.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> <20150518184734.GA8729@debian.org>
On 2018-07-30 23:14, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Paul Gevers:
>
> > Hi Florian,
> >
> > On 29-07-18 13:26, Florian Weimer wrote:
> >> I'm not sure why it is necessary to build glibc three times (unless
> >> it's impossible to get multi-arch packages into the buildroot).
> >
> > I am not sure if I understand what you mean, but currently having
> > multiple arches available in the autopkgtest testbed isn't supported. I
> > have seen packages try (gnupg2), but this goes easily wrong considering
> > the unstable-to-testing migration setup. If there is a real need for
> > this, it should come from autopkgtest.
>
> Sorry, I never worked on the Debian toolchain, so my phrasing was
> poor.
>
> In concrete terms, what I meant was: Why build libc6-i386 on amd64
> when there is a libc6:i386 package as well?
This package is basically only used by gcc to support multilib.
Therefore it's indeed possible to not include those builds in the
autopkgtests.
Aurelien
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