Bug#980864: Linux 5.10.9-1 is prevented from migrating to testing because build fails on mipsel

[Christopher Obbard <obbardc@gmail.com>]

Hi Salvatore,

On Sat, 23 Jan 2021 at 13:13, Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> wrote:
>
> Christopher,
>
> On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 11:24:21AM +0000, Christopher Obbard wrote:
> > Package: src:linux
> > Version: 5.10.9-1
> > Severity: normal
> >
> > According to the tracker page for the linux package,
> > https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/linux
> >
> > under issues preventing migration is one important entry:
> > - missing build on mipsel
> >
> > Looking at the build logs, it seems that the build didn't even start
> > whereas on previous uploads it built fine for the architecture.
>
> Give it time :). It would not have migrated yet anyway. You can see on
> the tracker page it is only 1 day old. I was only uploaded recently,
> and mipsel build takes time (on eberlin were it currently builds
> usually around 1d and 20h).

right, I see on the buildd status page that it is "Building" which
really means the package is waiting to build or building. I guess it's
the former since no logs are available yet ;-).

Thanks again for explaining, and sorry for the noise: the Debian
systems can be quite confusing for a relative newcomer and a little
explanation is very helpful!

>
> I will close the bug already, in case it FTBFS on mipsel we can look
> at it.
>
> Regards,
> Salvatore