Thanks Dann for opening this bug.
This is a patch that we have been using internally on our build, if it helps somehow.
Index: numactl-2.0.9~rc5/debian/changelog =================================================================== --- numactl-2.0.9~rc5.orig/debian/changelog 2014-04-23 20:47:14.000000000 +0000 +++ numactl-2.0.9~rc5/debian/changelog 2014-04-23 20:57:11.000000000 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +numactl (2.0.9~rc5-1.1) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Non-maintainer upload. + * New support for the ppc64el architecture. + + -- Breno Leitao <bren...@br.ibm.com> Wed, 23 Apr 2014 20:53:53 +0000 + numactl (2.0.9~rc5-1) unstable; urgency=low * Upgrade to 2.0.9~rc5 Index: numactl-2.0.9~rc5/debian/control.in =================================================================== --- numactl-2.0.9~rc5.orig/debian/control.in 2014-04-23 20:47:14.000000000 +0000 +++ numactl-2.0.9~rc5/debian/control.in 2014-04-23 20:52:37.000000000 +0000 @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Package: numactl Multi-Arch: foreign -Architecture: i386 amd64 ia64 mips mipsel mipsn32 mipsn32el mips64 mips64el powerpc powerpcspe x32 ppc64 +Architecture: i386 amd64 ia64 mips mipsel mipsn32 mipsn32el mips64 mips64el powerpc powerpcspe x32 ppc64 ppc64el Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, libnuma1 (>= 2.0.1) Description: NUMA scheduling and memory placement tool numactl runs processes with a specific NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Multi-Arch: same Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends} Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends} -Architecture: i386 amd64 ia64 mips mipsel mipsn32 mipsn32el mips64 mips64el powerpc powerpcspe x32 ppc64 +Architecture: i386 amd64 ia64 mips mipsel mipsn32 mipsn32el mips64 mips64el powerpc powerpcspe x32 ppc64 ppc64el Description: Libraries for controlling NUMA policy Library to control specific NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Architecture) scheduling or memory placement policies. @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Priority: extra Multi-Arch: same Depends: ${misc:Depends}, libnuma1 (= ${binary:Version}), libc6-dev | libc-dev -Architecture: i386 amd64 ia64 mips mipsel mipsn32 mipsn32el mips64 mips64el powerpc powerpcspe x32 ppc64 +Architecture: i386 amd64 ia64 mips mipsel mipsn32 mipsn32el mips64 mips64el powerpc powerpcspe x32 ppc64 ppc64el Description: Development files for libnuma Library to control specific NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Architecture) scheduling or memory placement policies. This package contains @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Priority: extra Multi-Arch: same Depends: ${misc:Depends}, libnuma1 (= ${binary:Version}), libc6-dev | libc-dev -Architecture: i386 amd64 ia64 mips mipsel mipsn32 mipsn32el mips64 mips64el powerpc powerpcspe x32 ppc64 +Architecture: i386 amd64 ia64 mips mipsel mipsn32 mipsn32el mips64 mips64el powerpc powerpcspe x32 ppc64 ppc64el Description: Debug package for libnuma Library to control specific NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Architecture) scheduling or memory placement policies. This package contains