Re: Bug#1107581: openblas: Please enable build on alpha

Hi S=C3=A9bastien,

On Sun, 2025-08-31 at 21:16 +0200, S=C3=A9bastien Villemot wrote:
> However, it declares that alpha has so-called =E2=80=9CDYNAMIC_ARCH=E2=80=
=9D selection,
> and at the same time it enforces a TARGET. This is inconsistent, it is
> one or the other, but it can=E2=80=99t be both.

Makes sense. Thanks for catching this!

> My understanding is that there is no DYNAMIC_ARCH support for alpha, so
> it should be removed from that line.

OK.

> Since there is no DYNAMIC_ARCH, TARGET should be used to specify the
> specific CPU=E2=80=AFfor which the library will be compiled. It should
> correspond to the Debian baseline. EV4, EV5 and EV6 are the possible
> choices, and you set it to EV5, so it implicitly means that EV4 chips
> are not supported by Debian.

Correct. Debian's baseline is EV56, so the closest is EV5. Choosing EV6
would be too high.

Adrian

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