fpc needs bootstrapping on buildds

[stefab]

fpc binaries are available in Debian for i386, amd64, powerpc, armel and sparc: http://packages.debian.org/unstable/source/fpc

But binary packages for armel and powerpc are missing in Ubuntu:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/source/fpc

[Trent Lloyd (lathiat)]

This is a self-hosting compiler, and will need to be bootstrapped.

This probably wont happen for breezy, but I'll look at making it happen for dapper.

[StefanPotyra (sistpoty)]

Hi,

for bootstrapping fpc, the following debian binary packages need to be installed on the buildds:

fp-compiler
fp-units-rtl
fp-utils

Then, a mere build of fpc should result in all binary packages needed to rebuild fpc on it's own again. I verified this on i386, hopefully it will work on amd64, ppc and sparc as well.

Cheers,
     Stefan.

[StefanPotyra (sistpoty)]

Just subscribed the buildd-admins... please help us here ;)

[Adam Conrad (adconrad)]

I can (and will) help with this when I get back from my vacation (Monday, July 10th). If you can poke me on IRC (my memory for bugs is pretty abysmal) when I get back, that would be much appreciated.

[StefanPotyra (sistpoty)]

Yay, thanks in advance, I'll ping you.

[Adam Conrad (adconrad)]

Can't currently bootstrap on powerpc due to this:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=362410

The other arches should be in the archive soon, though.

[magilus (magilus)]

Adam, the builds for Edgy are blocked by this problem. Could you please bootstrap again?

[Adam Conrad (adconrad)]

This has been done for i386, amd64, and sparc. I'd love it if someone could poke into why powerpc explodes (see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=362410) and then tap me on the shoulder to do PPC as well, when they're sure it'll actually work.

Sorry for the delay, guys. :/

[Sivan Greenberg (sivan)]

Adam, don't we now need a give-back for fpc ? if so, and it'll get done, could you please also give-back libhdate afterwards? (blocked due to the dependency)

[Adam Conrad (adconrad)]

Why would I need to give-back a package that was already built and uploaded? Also, the dep-wait on fp-compiler that other packages may have had would have auto-cleared after fp-compiler was actually in the archive (so, after I processed fpc out of queue/new)

[magilus (magilus)]

Thanks Adam, everything seems to work now.

[Paul Gevers (paul-climbing)]

The PowerPC issue [1] seems to be fixed a long time ago in Debian. Could one of the buildd-admins please bootstrap fpc on ppc?

[1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=362410

[Matthias Klumpp (ximion)]

Reopened this bug: FPC needs to be bootstrapped on Armel and PowerPC. There should be no problems left, cause everything works perfectly well on Debian. (Except that weird Sparc issue)

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

re-queued on sparc, needs buildd attention for arm and powerpc

[Emmet Hikory (persia)]

This bug is well-closed, representing the first bootstrapping of fpc. The bootstrap failure for ppc is better tracked as bug #67544. armel may as well reside also in that bug.