openbios-ppc version 1.0+svn640-1 failed to build on i386

[Matthias Klose]

openbios-ppc version 1.0+svn640-1 failed to build on i386
Link to failed build: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/test-rebuild-20110329/+buildjob/2406121

Direct link to the build log: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/test-rebuild-20110329/+buildjob/2406121/+files/buildlog_ubuntu-natty-i386.openbios-ppc_1.0%2Bsvn640-1_FAILEDTOBUILD.txt.gz

This log snippet might be of interest, since it triggered the matcher 'Purging chroot-autobuild'.
Excerpt 792 lines into the build log:

dpkg-buildpackage: source version 1.0+svn640-1
 dpkg-source --before-build openbios-ppc-1.0+svn640
dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture i386
 /usr/bin/fakeroot debian/rules clean
dh_testdir
dh_testroot
rm -rf obj-*
rm -f config.xml rules.xml
rm -f *-stamp
dh_clean
 debian/rules build
dh_testdir
This package must be built on a PowerPC machine
make: *** [build-stamp] Error 1
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2
******************************************************************************
Build finished at 20110408-1947
FAILED [dpkg-buildpackage died]
Purging chroot-autobuild/build/buildd/openbios-ppc-1.0+svn640

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

This is a long-standing problem that can probably only be fixed by giving the Launchpad buildds the ability to build certain Architecture: all packages on architectures other than i386.