Re: Important packages that are broken ia64

On 18.09.23 22:42, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> 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

That's the other extreme then, everything for ia64 gets compiled with
`-fno-var-tracking`, or? Is that more acceptable?

Maybe the per-file CFLAGS are also effective when included in the
architecture Makefile in `arch/ia64/`?

Or maybe we could query the arch from within the two Makefiles and only
apply `-fno-var-tracking` when we compile for ia64.

I'll have a look into that tomorrow.

Cheers,
Frank