Re: Important packages that are broken ia64

> On Aug 6, 2023, at 09:44, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hello!
> 
> The following important packages are broken on ia64:
> 
> - grub (git master) does not boot on ia64, crashes when loading stage2 (https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2023-07/msg00106.html)
> - kernel FTBFS with gcc-13 (https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=linux&arch=ia64&ver=6.4.4-2&stamp=1690708282&raw=0)
> - glibc testsuite failures, in particular math functions (https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=glibc&arch=ia64&ver=2.37-7&stamp=1691155973&raw=0)
> - webkit2gtk (https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gobject-introspection/-/issues/471)
> 
> At least the grub problem could certainly be easily bisected, but alas I don't really
> have the time and motivation do that. So it would be nice if someone else could at
> least bisect grub to find the issue and report it on the grub-devel mailing list.

Hi John Paul.

How much automation can be used for bisecting a problem on grub?

My rx2660 is considerably up to date and still booting.

What do you recommend for best bisecting the offending step?

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> Adrian
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