Re: Build xorg* and rootskel-gtk packages on s390x buildds

Cyril Brulebois <[email protected]> Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:18:26 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.devel.wb-team,gmane.linux.debian.devel.x,gmane.linux.debian.devel.boot
Organization	Debian
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

Hi,

Jochen Sprickerhof <[email protected]> (2026-07-15):
> # xorg stuff
> %xf86-input-multitouch: !s390x
> %xf86-input-wacom: !s390x
> %xserver-xorg-input-aiptek: !s390x
> %xserver-xorg-input-elographics: !s390x
> %xserver-xorg-input-joystick: !s390x
> %xserver-xorg-input-mouse: !s390x
> %xserver-xorg-input-mutouch: !s390x
> %xserver-xorg-input-synaptics: !s390x
> %xserver-xorg-video-ati: !s390x
> %xserver-xorg-video-cirrus: !s390x
> %xserver-xorg-video-fbdev: !s390x
> %xserver-xorg-video-mach64: !s390x
> %xserver-xorg-video-mga: !s390x
> %xserver-xorg-video-neomagic: !s390x
> %xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: !s390x
> %xserver-xorg-video-r128: !s390x
> %xserver-xorg-video-savage: !s390x
> %xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion: !s390x
> %xserver-xorg-video-sisusb: !s390x
> # graphical
> %rootskel-gtk: !s390x
> 
> https://salsa.debian.org/wb-team/packages-arch-specific/-/blob/sid/Packages-arch-specific
> 
> I am mailing you as you are listed as the maintainer of some of these
> packages. We would like to drop the complete Packages-arch-specific file.
> 
> To keep a package from being built on s390x, one option would be adding
> something like this to d/control:
> 
> Build-Depends: do-not-build-on-s390x [s390x]
> 
> Another option would be to just build the packages on s390x too.

As far as rootskel-gtk is concerned, letting it build on s390x shouldn't
change much. Ditto for the few xserver-xorg-* that produce udebs (which
should be input-libinput and video-fbdev).

If those end up being problematic on the debian-cd side, we have an
exclude mechanism that can be used to drop any extraneous udebs. I don't
remember the exact details, but s390x is special-cased already, with
fewer images being built anyway.

TL;DR: Dropping P-a-s without adjusting those packages shouldn't be an
issue from a d-i point of view.


Cheers,
-- 
Cyril Brulebois ([email protected])            <https://debamax.com/>
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant

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