[pkg-golang-devel] Bug#800479: Tweak build-deps to allow buildd to make progress on arm64 build

[Potter, Tim (Converged Cloud)]

On 30 Sep 2015, at 5:35 pm, Hilko Bengen <bengen at debian.org> wrote:
> 
> * Potter, Tim (Converged Cloud):
> 
>> diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control

>> -               golang-go (>= 2:1.4.2-2~) | gccgo-5,
>> +               golang-go (>= 2:1.4.2-2~) [!arm64] | gccgo-5 [arm64],

> One would have to revert this once the package has been successfully
> built on arm64. Would something like this work?
> 
> ,----
> | Build-Depends: [...]
> |  golang-go (>= 2:1.4.2-2~) | go-compiler,
> |  gccgo-5 | go-compiler,
> |  [...]
> `----

Hi Hilko.  Yes, that looks like it will work also.  However I would rather add the architecture qualifiers now and remove them later rather than have a more complicated B-D line that is permanent.

I'll leave the decision to more experienced minds than mine.


Tim.