Hi, Ning Thank you for your support for Loongson powerfully and the previous work. We hope to cooperate more in the future, and we can promote the Loongarch architecture into the debian community together.
> -----原始邮件----- > 发件人: "张 宁" <zhangn1...@outlook.com> > 发送时间:2022-11-04 14:13:02 (星期五) > 收件人: "debian-devel@lists.debian.org" <debian-devel@lists.debian.org>, > "sangm...@loongson.cn" <sangm...@loongson.cn>, "Santiago Vila" > <sanv...@debian.org>, "张 宁" <zhangn1...@outlook.com>, > "zhangdan...@loongson.cn" <zhangdan...@loongson.cn> > 抄送: > 主题: 回复: rebootstrap status update for Loongarch > > Hi, All > > I have updated my rebootstrap fork[0], with fix for newt, base-passwd and > perl. > rebootstrap finishes with report: > https://gist.github.com/zhangn1985/790c1ee011b264332ede1aa909b8d3e7 > > > I'm happy to see more Loongson employees join the process of enable Loongarch > in Debian upstream, not downstream fork. This is the main purpose of my > recent work. > > With my rebootstrap fork[0], it's easy for Loongson to start, thus I can > handover my work to Loongson, and keep silent for a while. > > Loongson, push the community, not pushed by. > > BR. > Ning. > > [0] https://salsa.debian.org/zhangn1985/rebootstrap > > > > > > > > > 发件人: Paul Wise > 已发送: 2022 年 11 月 4 日 星期五 2:45 > 收件人: Zhang Ning; debian-devel@lists.debian.org; sangm...@loongson.cn; > Santiago Vila > 主题: Re: rebootstrap status update for Loongarch > > > > > On Thu, 2022-11-03 at 18:45 +0800, Zhang Ning wrote: > > > > > 7, m4, diffutils: need help, I don't know where is correct > > > upstream[1][2], the patch[3][4] is for generated files, but Debian > > > source has these files, thus how can I submit these patch to Debian > > > source? these two packages don't have VCS. > > > > It is best not to patch generated files, instead they should be > > regenerated from source (and probably removed from the upstream VCS). > > > > It is best not to patch embedded code copies, instead they should be > > removed from the upstream VCS and tarballs and the system version used. > > > > In Debian, the dh-autoreconf package is used at build time to > > automatically regenerate all files generated by autotools. > > > > In Debian, the stack-direction.m4 file is provided by gnulib, but I am > > not sure if that is the canonical place this file is maintained or if > > it is just yet another copy of this file.. > > > > $ apt-file search stack-direction.m4 > > gnulib: /usr/share/gnulib/m4/stack-direction.m4 > > > > For m4, it seems Santiago Vila disabled dh-autoreconf in debian/rules, > > but there is no indication of the reason for that. So I suggest you > > test what happens when it is enabled and if the build succeeds and has > > no warnings in the log, then open a bug asking for it to be enabled. > > > > For diffutils, the same issue and solution applies. > > > > Another solution would be to ask the upstream m4 and diffutils projects to > > make new releases with updated configure and stack-direction.m4 files and > > then file bugs in Debian asking for package updates to the new releases. > > > > -- > > bye, > > pabs > > > > https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise > 本邮件及其附件含有龙芯中科的商业秘密信息，仅限于发送给上面地址中列出的个人或群组。禁止任何其他人以任何形式使用（包括但不限于全部或部分地泄露、复制或散发）本邮件及其附件中的信息。如果您错收本邮件，请您立即电话或邮件通知发件人并删除本邮件。 This email and its attachments contain confidential information from Loongson Technology , which is intended only for the person or entity whose address is listed above. Any use of the information contained herein in any way (including, but not limited to, total or partial disclosure, reproduction or dissemination) by persons other than the intended recipient(s) is prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please notify the sender by phone or email immediately and delete it.
