Re: Bug#1003181: cython: sparc64 is not building cython ("Not For Us")

[Drew Parsons <dparsons@debian.org>]

On 2022-01-06 22:38, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> Hello!
>
> On 1/5/22 18:02, Drew Parsons wrote:
> > cython previously built on sparc64 for bullseye (stable) at version 
> > 0.29.21-3
> >
> > Now (for version 0.29.24-2), cython is marked "Not For Us" on sparc64
> > and is no longer building.
>
> The package is currently blocked on sparc64 because the testsuite kept 
> crashing
> the host system and no solution was found yet. It seems that the 
> testsuite will
> put a lot of strain on the host system when the machine has many CPU 
> cores which
> is true for most sparc64 systems we use.
...
> I will build the current version manually for now with the testsuite
> disabled and
> upload the package.


Thanks Adrian.  I guess disabling tests permanently for sparc64 is a 
reasonable (if regrettable) work-around if they continue to cause 
trouble.

Drew