Re: Why does excuses list a failed autokpgtest that can never run because of unsatisfied B-D?

Soren Stoutner <[email protected]> Mon, 29 Jun 2026 17:11:38 -0700

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.devel.mentors
Organization	Debian
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On Tuesday, June 23, 2026 6:17:33 PM Mountain Standard Time Soren Stoutner 
wrote:
> The excuses for pyinstaller-hooks-contrib says it cannot migrate because of 
a
> failed autokpgtest for loong64.
> 
> https://qa.debian.org/excuses.php?package=pyinstaller-hooks-contrib
> 
> The failure is simply that the Build-Dependencies cannot be satisfied on
> loong64.  As far as I know, they have never been satisfiable.
> 
> https://ci.debian.net/packages/p/pyinstaller-hooks-contrib/unstable/loong64/
> 
> None of the other architectures that are B-D unsatisfiable are listed as
> blockers.  Is this a bug in the excuses logic?  If so, what is the best way 
to
> address it?

For anyone else who might experience this issue, it is due to a bug in Britney 
relating to loong64.  The solution is for the Release Team to add a manual 
hint.  More information is available at:

https://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2026/06/msg00720.html

-- 
Soren Stoutner
[email protected]

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