Bug#886440: linux: Support to build linux-libc-dev for the upcoming riscv64 architecture

From	Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#886440: linux: Support to build linux-libc-dev for the upcoming riscv64 architecture
Date	2018-01-06 18:30 +0100
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On Sat, 2018-01-06 at 01:09 +0100, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo wrote:
> Source: linux
> Version: 4.15~rc5-1~exp1
> Severity: wishlist
> Tags: patch
> User: debian-riscv@lists.debian.org
> Usertags: riscv64
> 
> Hello,
> 
> The 4.15 kernel comes with initial support for RISC-V.
> 
> Enabling support to build linux-libc-dev is one of the first steps to bootstrap
> the architecture, so please consider enabling it.
> 
> If there's anything wrong or missing, please let me know.

You've missed out several steps:

1. Add the architecture definition to dpkg/unstable.
2. Backport that addition to dpkg/stable.
3. Get the stable update installed on ftp-master.

dak will reject uploads that mention an architecture that the local
dpkg doesn't recognise.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
For every complex problem
there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.

Thread

Bug#886440: linux: Support to build linux-libc-dev for the upcoming riscv64 architecture "Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo" <mafm@debian.org> - 2018-01-06 01:20 +0100
  Bug#886440: linux: Support to build linux-libc-dev for the upcoming riscv64 architecture "Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo" <manuel.montezelo@gmail.com> - 2018-01-06 03:10 +0100
  Bug#886440: linux: Support to build linux-libc-dev for the upcoming riscv64 architecture Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2018-01-06 18:30 +0100
    Bug#886440: linux: Support to build linux-libc-dev for the upcoming riscv64 architecture "Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo" <manuel.montezelo@gmail.com> - 2018-01-06 19:10 +0100
      Bug#886440: linux: Support to build linux-libc-dev for the upcoming riscv64 architecture Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@debian.org> - 2018-07-15 23:10 +0200
  Processed: Re: Bug#886440: linux: Support to build linux-libc-dev  for the upcoming riscv64 architecture "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2018-07-15 23:10 +0200

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