Okay, for the record, this thread is still about missing ARM packages
(and perhaps the expectation that they might return, given the proper
unfolding of events).
On 2015-05-23 Scarlett wrote:
> Why are OS bugs not a concern when doing ports builds? The OS
> must be suitably stable to complete the build,
First, I said “less” of a concern. And secondly I may have misinterpreted
“OS” to mean the OS which hosts the emulation environment. (Sorry, Stuart,
if I got that wrong.) On the other hand, ports which normally build reasonably
well on OpenBSD for Intel but which simply fail to build on OpenBSD for armv7
don’t necessarily indicate an OS instability problem -- the main excuse I have
been hearing is flaky hardware, not flaky OS.
> I think the reason for there being no arm-on-qemu support is the usual
> supect: it's not a priority for any developer.
My point exactly. If you want to build ports, arm-on-qemu is a very viable
option.
So it’s hard to believe that nobody but me would see the potential benefit and
consider it something of a priority. So, why is it still not a priority? (Not
being a
priority really not being a ‘reason’, or a very vague one.)
> Maybe it's easy to accuse others of making excuses when you aren't responsible
> for making sure the builds work and aren't hacking on the port.
I didn’t chime in on this topic to “accuse others.” I apologize if you or
anyone perceives
it that way. Incidentally, this is also the not the first time I have mentioned
a QEMU port
https://www.mail-archive.com/arm@openbsd.org/msg00437.html (March, 2014)
(Note that I built pkgsrc on a BeagleBone Black running 5.5 armv7, with a fair
efficiency
by using an NFS mounted file system. Yes, SDIO sucked for a main disk when
building.)
For all my efforts to build, run, and test multiple BSD variants and versions
-- including
FreeBSD x86, FreeBSD ARM, and OpenBSD ARMv7 in particular, if you’re implying
that I don’t build or hack: sorry but I’m not feeling you.
http://search.gmane.org/?query=beattidp&group=gmane.os.openbsd.arm
http://search.gmane.org/?query=beattidp&group=gmane.os.freebsd.devel.arm
I get just as excited as the next guy, when there’s talk of building,
validating, porting,
or running anything BSD. I was excited to learn of the ARMv7 port of OpenBSD,
and
my feeling was that with a solid packages/ports solution it could gather quite
a following.
My main concern here is still about a way to move forward with efficient
package building.
