[Debian-science-sagemath] flint FTBFS on mips and mipsel

[Tobias Hansen]

On 11/15/2016 09:52 PM, Julien Puydt wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 15/11/2016 21:48, Tobias Hansen wrote:
>> On 11/15/2016 08:28 PM, Julien Puydt wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On 15/11/2016 21:21, Tobias Hansen wrote:
>>>> flint does not migrate to testing because it doesn't build on mips and
>>>> mipsel. This seems to be caused by building with PIE. the package is
>>>> marked to be autoremoved from testing on November 27.
>>>>
>>>> It is now built with PIE because that is now default on amd64, ppc64el
>>>> and s390x (see #835148). However it is not default on mips and mipsel,
>>>> so there is no reason not to build again without PIE on these
>>>> architectures to fix this problem, right?
>>>
>>> there is a 20160702-3 in experimental, for which I'm waiting for the
>>> buildd's verdict...
>>>
>>> Snark on #debian-science
>>>
>>
>> I'm talking about flint, not eclib. Is that somehow related?
>>
> 
> Uh, no -- that's not related, sorry, I didn't read correctly. I was
> exchanging with Logan Rosen this very morning about the issue.
> 

Ok, I just wanted you to know that turning off PIE is an option. And
keep in mind that the fix must migrate to testing before 27 November to
prevent the removal.

Best,
Tobias