packages expected to fail on some archs

2022-09-11 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, We have been discussing a bit on #debian-ports about packages that fail to build on less-mainstream architectures. The issue we see is that some DDs end up setting a hardcoded list in the "Architecture" field, rather than just letting builds keep failing on these archs (and then possibly s

Re: packages expected to fail on some archs

2022-09-11 Thread Paul Gevers
Hi Samuel, On 11-09-2022 17:08, Samuel Thibault wrote: We could for instance: - Add an Architecture-FTBFS field to debian/control - Add an environment variable to debian/rules so that on these archs dh fails with a different exit code that buildds would notice. - Add a Architecture-FTBFS fiel

Re: packages expected to fail on some archs

2022-09-11 Thread Samuel Thibault
Paul Gevers, le dim. 11 sept. 2022 21:16:08 +0200, a ecrit: > On 11-09-2022 17:08, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > We could for instance: > > - Add an Architecture-FTBFS field to debian/control > > - Add an environment variable to debian/rules so that on these archs dh > >fails with a different exit

Re: packages expected to fail on some archs

2022-09-11 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Sun, Sep 11, 2022 at 09:25:40PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Paul Gevers, le dim. 11 sept. 2022 21:16:08 +0200, a ecrit: > > > > - color packages that "never" had a successful built on an architecture > > different. That information is already available because that's what marks > > the pack

Re: packages expected to fail on some archs

2022-09-11 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Sun, Sep 11, 2022 at 05:08:57PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: >... > The issue we see is that some DDs end up setting a hardcoded list in > the "Architecture" field, rather than just letting builds keep failing > on these archs (and then possibly succeeding after some time whenever > somebody co

Re: packages expected to fail on some archs

2022-09-11 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, Am 11.09.22 um 22:07 schrieb Adrian Bunk: On Sun, Sep 11, 2022 at 05:08:57PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: ... The issue we see is that some DDs end up setting a hardcoded list in the "Architecture" field, rather than just letting builds keep failing on these archs (and then possibly succe