On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 01:10:50PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Hi, > > Shaun Jackman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hello, > > > > How do I use a Debian machine, such as bruckner, to test a source > > package by compiling for powerpc? I see bruckner has a sarge chroot. > > What's the magic command to start the build in this chroot? I know of > > pbuilder -- though I haven't used it much admittedly -- but there is > > no pbuilder command in the path. > > > > Thanks, > > Shaun > > I've had an idea in mind for quite some time now for just this > problem. > > It would be nice to have a buildd where maintainer can upload sources > for a testbuild and they get a buildd log back (and possibly the > packages).
What would be the gain? I can see two reasons why anyone would want to build something on a specific architecture: to test autobuilding on that architecture, and to fix architecture-specific bugs on one architecture. For the former, it doesn't really matter which architecture is being used; you can test using the experimental buildds as well, or you can set up your own buildd environment. For the latter, having an autobuild doesn't exactly help anyway -- in most cases, you need to log in and run tests on the architecture in question. What would be the benefit of having a buildd that sends build logs to the package maintainer that we don't have with any of the currently existing systems? -- The amount of time between slipping on the peel and landing on the pavement is precisely one bananosecond -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
