Ian Jackson writes ("4.14.0-rc1 blocked on goland build failure - decision
needed"):
> Hi, Paul. For those on xen-devel: context is that Paul asked me to
> cut 4.14.0-rc1. The checklist asks me to perform a test build.
>
> My 32-bit tools test build failed. I think the problem is probably
> specific to 32-bit userland on 64-bit Linux kernel. I will send a
> second followup mail not CC Paul with technical details.
George Dunlap writes ("Re: 4.14.0-rc1 blocked on goland build failure -
decision needed"):
> Actually, I don’t think this has anything to do with 32-bit userspace, but
> instead has to do with the version of go: The version in stretch is 1.7 and
> chokes on this for some reason. I haven’t had time to track down why. It
> does work for golang 1.11.
>
> Options are:
>
> 1. Document that if you have a version of golang older than 1.11, you need to
> add `—disable-golang`
I suggest we do this for -rc1 and then consider our options.
I have added this option to my pre-release test build and the build
works now.
> 2. Modify configure to check for the go version, and only enable if the
> version is > 1.11
>
> 3. Try to root-cause the issue.
>
> I’m inclined to say we should go with #1 for this RC, then either #2 or #3.
Also please send a patch to osstest to install the relevant golang
packages. Even for stretch where it won't be supported. Currently I
would expect that patch to cause tests to regress, so the
corresponding xen patch(es) should go in (and be backported) first.
Ian.
