[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#699509: kbuild: FTBFS: kBuild/env.sh: unknown cpu/arch - m68k

[Gianfranco Costamagna]

> No, please use a positive (or negative, but positive preferred)
> architecture whitelist in *all* cases your package does not build
> on all supported platforms. This also helps reduce buildd load,
> because it costs quite a bit to try and build that.
> 
> It will also make your DDPO look cleaner, whereas, in the current
> situation, it will show lots of errors.
> 

this is something true in general.

> >new release it might become supported.
> 
> A new release where it’s supported could just extend the whitelist.
> 

we are actively looking at build logs on m68k *because* we want to support it.

Not having porterboxes, and with upstream trying to fix it, this is the only way
we have.

G.

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 801 bytes
Desc: OpenPGP digital signature
URL: <http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-virtualbox-devel/attachments/20171021/191bbc72/attachment-0001.sig>