Hi Leo, > On May 8, 2014, at 4:18 AM, Steffen Möller <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> I noticed that healpix-cxx hasn't been able to migrate into testing > >> because of a build failure on mips. It looks like the build timed out > >> during unit tests. See build log: > >> > >> https://buildd.debian.org/status/logs.php?arch=mips&pkg=healpix-cxx > >> > >> However, I just built it successfully using 'apt-get --build source > >> healpix-cxx' on qemu using aurel32's instructions and images: > >> > >> http://people.debian.org/~aurel32/qemu/mips/ > >> > >> I used the 64-bit mips kernel and a wheezy image that I upgraded to sid. m > >> > >> I did have to let the build run overnight inside the emulator overnight on > >> my 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7. Is it possible to request the package to be > >> resubmitted to another mips builder? > > > > I am not sure, but could we not just perform a binary upload of that MIPS > > package? Prepending to be a build demon ourselves? The emulated builds > > violate some policy, I presume. > > I don't know. There are extensive instructions about binNMU uploads > (https://wiki.debian.org/binNMU), but this would be different: a binary > upload by the maintainer. > > The main disadvantage of my own build is that it wasn't done in pbuilder; I > just booted the emulator, upgraded to sid, then did 'apt-get build-dep > healpix-cxx; apt-get source --build healpix-cxx'.
To me, what you did sounds like fine. Please somehow render a signed binary package available for me somewhere and I will see what happens when I sponsor that. When I oversee things right then we do not do much harm and I learn how to play build daemon. > Do you know how long it should take for someone to reply to the give-back > request? I have not heard back yet, and the rebuild has not been attempted > yet: > https://buildd.debian.org/status/logs.php?pkg=healpix-cxx&arch=mips&suite=sid No idea. > > Also, you could decide not to run the unit tests if dpkg-architecture > > -qDEB_BUILD_ARCH indicates the MIPS architecture. Other ideas? > > Well, the only major change from 3.11.2-4 to 3.11.2-5 was that we added the > debug package. It's hard to see why that would suddenly make the build and > unit tests take days. > > It really looks like builder lucatelli is just very slow. If we put in a > special case for MIPS, it might succeed only because it lands luckily on a > different builder. Agreed. Steffen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/trinity-a1339351-2b68-4a35-87a5-084e8b53c001-1400001979639@3capp-gmx-bs06
