On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 03:41:06PM -0500, Baho Utot wrote: > On Friday 02 January 2009 01:20:32 pm Grigorios Bouzakis wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 08:59:18AM -0500, Baho Utot wrote: > > > Should a goal of ArchLinux be that the core and extra repos build without > > > error. > > > > > > I am rebuilding all the packages from core and some selected packages > > > from extra to take advantage of my processor an AMD Athlon processors, > > > which I use exclusive. > > > > > > I have used makeworld from a make file and there are several PKGBUILDs > > > that do not build or build incorrectly. Some of the packages fail > > > because of gcc-4.3.2. I have since patched those. > > > > Report this upstream (the packages ypstream) if this hasnt been reported > > yet. Make a bug report for each package you found not building in the > > Archlinux bugtracker. Attach patches for the ones you have managed to > > build. > > > > Greg > > Ok, I will go through my local copy of core and extra and file the bug > reports, though I don't think I will get a good response as I have filed bug > reports here before and so far I am at zero for a fix or even some one > looking at it. This is evidence by cpio which I filed a bug report in Oct > 2008 and it has set without a dev looking at it. It has been assigned but > only after I had complained about it. It also has been validated as a bug by > another user so I know it was not something that has to do with what I am > doing here. > Usuallu the developers wait for an excuse, most of the times,a new package version, in order to rebuild a package. That reduces packaging load. Of course that only happens if the bug isnt serious, and affects not to many users. > The capi4k-utils package from core is a prime example of a package failing as > it spawns a lot shells locking up the host computer from using all the > resources available. > That looks dead upstream. Theres already a lot of patching done by the developers. eg. http://repos.archlinux.org/viewvc.cgi/capi4k-utils/repos/core-x86_64/capi-compile.patch?view=markup > As far as the up stream go that will take some time as I have found 20+ > packages that exibit the problem with gcc 4.3.2. > If you actually do report upstream, or find already open reports, include the link to yoyr Archlinux bug report too. > My intent is to up my local abs every Sunday and run makeworld from cron > to keep my systems current from my custom repos. > Thats a nice idea, and an alternative way to contribute back to Arch. > Maybe Arch should use something similar where the devs create the PKGBUILDs > placing them on a computer that does nitely builds (make world runs) to > update or keep current the public core and extra repos. >
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