Bug#1107127: syslinux: drop gcc-multilib dependency
Helmut Grohne <[email protected]> Sun, 1 Jun 2025 11:12:52 +0200
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Source: syslinux Version: 3:6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1-3.1 Tags: patch User: [email protected] Usertags: cross-satisfiability We'd like to remove the gcc-multilib package from unstable. Instead, targeted toolchains such as i686-linux-gnu-gcc should be used. In this case, we are in the fortunate position that syslinux uses the 32bit toolchain as freestanding. The standard gcc package includes this functionality (including -m32) as long as no libc is being used. As syslinux builds 32bit firmware, that's the case and we may drop both gcc-multilib and libc6-dev-i386 from Build-Depends. Using reproducible builds, we may see that output artifacts are entirely unaffected by this change. I'm attaching a patch for your convenience. While I consider it safe for inclusion in trixie (due to reproducibility), I recommend deferring it to forky to avoid disrupting the release process. Helmut
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diff --minimal -Nru syslinux-6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1/debian/changelog syslinux-6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1/debian/changelog --- syslinux-6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1/debian/changelog 2025-04-13 11:31:54.000000000 +0200 +++ syslinux-6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1/debian/changelog 2025-06-01 10:53:06.000000000 +0200 @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +syslinux (3:6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1-3.2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium + + * Non-maintainer upload. + * Drop unused gcc-multilib and libc6-dev-i386 build dependencies. (Closes: #-1) + + -- Helmut Grohne <[email protected]> Sun, 01 Jun 2025 10:53:06 +0200 + syslinux (3:6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1-3.1) unstable; urgency=medium * Non-maintainer upload. diff --minimal -Nru syslinux-6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1/debian/control syslinux-6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1/debian/control --- syslinux-6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1/debian/control 2025-04-13 11:31:54.000000000 +0200 +++ syslinux-6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1/debian/control 2025-06-01 10:53:06.000000000 +0200 @@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12), libext2fs-dev, - gcc-multilib [amd64 x32], - libc6-dev-i386 [amd64 x32], nasm, python3, uuid-dev,