Thank you for the bug report, James. The binary file fail-mbr.bin can be built only with a (real or emulated) x-86 machine; however it makes sense to install it in a non-x-86 server, since partclone can use it while restoring an x-86 client.
So, what may I do? I suggest to include fail-mbr.bin in the package's source, and override the lintian error, while documenting that this file comes with its source. On the other hand, such a method cannot be recommended : the same argument might be used for any arbitrary binary file, and a boot sector can be considered as a very sensitive piece of software. Please have you some suggestion, do you know other methods to build this file only with *one* architecture, and declare it as available for "all" architectures? This would enforce its build from sources in the debian build farm. The closest issue which I could imagine among debian packages is the build system of the package firmware-free; however I could not understand, while inspecting loosely this package, whether there were real source files in the package and whether there is any chance to buils any binary from source. When I try to debuild this package with an amd64 machine, nothing is built, binaries are just copied. Best regards, Georges. James Cowgill a écrit : > Source: partclone > Version: 0.2.78-1 > Severity: serious > > Hi, > > partclone failed to build on all non-x86 arches with this error: > > > Making all in fail-mbr > > make[3]: Entering directory '/«PKGBUILDDIR»/fail-mbr' > > gcc -Wall -Werror -m32 -nostdlib -o fail-mbr.o fail-mbr.S > > gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-m32' > > make[3]: *** [fail-mbr.o] Error 1 > > Makefile:481: recipe for target 'fail-mbr.o' failed > > make[3]: Leaving directory '/«PKGBUILDDIR»/fail-mbr' > > make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 > > Makefile:387: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed > > make[2]: Leaving directory '/«PKGBUILDDIR»' > > make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 > > dh_auto_build: make -j1 returned exit code 2 > > Assembling fail-mbr.S with a non-x86 compiler clearly isn't going to work. > > Thanks, > James -- Georges KHAZNADAR et Jocelyne FOURNIER 22 rue des mouettes, 59240 Dunkerque France. Téléphone +33 (0)3 28 29 17 70
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