Re: Important packages that are broken ia64

On Mon, 2023-09-18 at 22:36 +0200, Frank Scheiner wrote:
> > I don't think this patch is acceptable in its current form as it
> > modifies the Makefile globally so that the flag is passed on to
> > the host compiler for all architectures.
> 
> Yes, thought about that, too. Know a better solution? Is there a way to
> make this only affecting compilations for ia64?

You could modify CFLAGS globally in debian/rules specifically for ia64:

ifneq (,$(filter $(DEB_HOST_ARCH),ia64))
export DEB_CFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND += -fno-var-tracking
endif

Adrian

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