Bug#824693: ocaml: Enable native compilers in ppc64el starting at version 4.03
On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 03:00:53PM -0400, Breno Leitao wrote:
> Currently, the package ocaml-native-compilers is not being built for ppc64el
> because the patch to enable it still not available in version 4.02.3.
>
> Starting at version 4.03, the patch to enable native compiler on ppc64el is
> integrated into the source code (SVN revision 16374) and [1], thus, I would
> like to have package omcal-native-compilers targeting ppc64el.
>
> OcamL native compiler is required to be enable in order to enable hhvm package,
> which build-depends on ocaml-native-compilers.
why does hhvm build-depend on ocaml-native-compiler? Packages should
(build-)depend on ocaml-best-compilers, which is provided by -native-compilers
on architectures where it exists, and by -nox on others.
-Ralf.
Reply to: