[debian-mysql] Bug#1074558: mariadb: FTBFS on sparc64: Multiple tests crash / time out

[Otto Kekäläinen]

Hi!

> > Thanks for the tips. Unfortunately running just the single test
> > without any other load on the system still crashes it and system load
> > was otherwise zero, so it is not due to slowness.
>
> Single-core performance on SPARC is rather poor, especially on older
> SPARC systems like this SPARC T4. So, if this test requires reasonanbly
> high single-core performance, you know why it fails on SPARC.
>
> We might get a newer, faster SPARC buildd in the near future though.

Thanks for your advice.

For the record of other people potentially following this: I was not
able to solve https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1074558.
In latest upload of MairaDB 1:11.4.2-4 the sparc64 is the only failing
build at the moment at
https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=mariadb