Please don't start a new thread by replying to some existing email. On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 05:05:02PM +0200, Albert van der Horst wrote: > A package for a Debian system must be buildable on the Debian it is intended > for. It depends. > So a new candidate DEC alpha packets must properly build on Buster DEC Actually, we don't usually build on testing systems, only on sid. > alpha , or on a fake-root system. Note that fakeroot(1) is something different from what you wanted to say here. You probably wanted to say "emulator". > Running a AMD architecture Debian I run programs built for i386 without > giving it much thought. > > Is it sufficient if an i386 package builds and tests properly on an AMD > buster, or is it mandatory to > install a i386 buster for testing? Most our packages work on all architectures. That's the nature of well-written and supported open source software. Even when making a package for the official Debian distribution you are not required to test it on all architectures. But note that when testing *building* you shouldn't do that on the host system in any case. And, again, you need to test that the package builds and works on sid, not on testing. > An i386 package will run without problems on an AMD. Now if this has been > confirmed, can AMD > be added to the architecture: line in the file ``control'' ? You shouldn't restrict architecture lists unless you have reasons for that. Not having a package tested there is not a good reason. -- WBR, wRAR
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