Hi, Raphael Hertzog <hert...@debian.org> wrote: > Hi Holger, > > On Sat, 25 Aug 2018, Holger Wansing wrote: > > I need to get some debian-installer packages uploaded for s390x and mips. > > FTR, Holger is referring to packages which are built only on those > architectures (and that can't be built on amd64). > > > Since I have no hardware for that archs, I suspect the way to go is to > > create > > a chroot for that archs, right? > > No. You just have to do a source only upload and let the auto-builder > take care of actually compiling the packages. > > Use "debuild -S" or "gbp buildpackage -S" and upload the resulting > *_source.changes.
My intention was indeed, to do a source-only upload. But apparently sbuild builds the binary package nevertheless, even when told to prepare for a source-only upload. So the main point here is: don't use sbuild, it's the wrong tool for this. Thanks! Holger -- Holger Wansing <hwans...@mailbox.org> PGP-Finterprint: 496A C6E8 1442 4B34 8508 3529 59F1 87CA 156E B076
