Bug#494846: xserver-xorg-video-tga: FTBFS on kfreebsd-amd64 (kfreebsd-amd64 is not in the architecture list)
severity 494846 minor
retitle 494846 tga: figure out the Architecture field
kthxbye
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 15:40:03 +0200, Petr Salinger wrote:
> >>The package is still built on both kfreebsd-i386 and (linux-)amd64,
> >>please enable it also for kfreebsd-amd64.
> >>
> >And it's still useless on anything but alpha (and maybe mips?), AFAIK.
> >Unless you can show evidence that DEC 21030 chips were used on other
> >machines...
>
> Currently it is built on all but s390 and kfreebsd-amd64, see
> https://buildd.debian.org/~luk/status/package.php?p=xserver-xorg-video-tga
>
> The current situation is highly inconsistent.
> It will be fine for us to drop it from kfreebsd-i386, amd64, i386
> and list it in Packages-arch-specific.
>
> I am trying to minimize differencies between kfreebsd-i386/kfreebsd-amd64,
> see http://glibc-bsd.alioth.debian.org/NOTES.archive
> the xserver-xorg-video-tga is one of them.
>
I agree it's inconsistent. I don't think it deserves "important"
severity though.
(having amd64/i386 in the Architecture field means it's not necessary to
log in to a porterbox to build the package, e.g.)
Cheers,
Julien
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