Control: user debian-ri...@lists.debian.org Control: usertag -1 + riscv64 [coreutils not cross-buildable due to help2man issues]
On Sat, Sep 30, 2017 at 08:56:53PM -0700, Pádraig Brady wrote: > On 23/09/17 20:18, Peter Bohning wrote: > > Cross compiling for aarch64 from amd64 > > > > Is there no way to disable the man pages in configure options? Thanks. > > > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2014-11/msg00000.html > > I've seen this issue in various places now (CC'd). > > We should probably reinstate distribution of man pages > since these generated pages are so similar on various systems. > Also given the amount of old ChangeLogs removed recently > I don't think the addition of 273K (uncompressed) is prohibitive. > > The attached was tested in these modes: > git repo build > tarball build with/without help2man > tarball vpath build with/without help2man > make distcheck > make install (and ensure only enabled program man pages installed) > > I've not applied this yet, but hope to soon after a bit more testing. > > cheers, > Pádraig Hello, we are currently in the process of bootstrapping a new Debian architecture (riscv64, https://wiki.debian.org/RISC-V) and therefore affected by this problem. The underlying issue has been solved in upstream coreutils 8.29, so I would like to ask whether it would perhaps be possible for you to update coreutils in unstable to version 8.29. Regards, Karsten -- Gem. Par. 28 Abs. 4 Bundesdatenschutzgesetz widerspreche ich der Nutzung sowie der Weitergabe meiner personenbezogenen Daten für Zwecke der Werbung sowie der Markt- oder Meinungsforschung.
