Bug#1141560: gcc-16: Please enable the m2 backend on ppc64

John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <[email protected]> Mon, 06 Jul 2026 10:33:11 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.ports.powerpc
Message-ID <178332679156.1413694.665727515973606259.reportbug__49385.8937219315$1783326933$gmane$org@login1.physik.fu-berlin.de>
Source: gcc-16
Version: 16.1.0-2
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
User: [email protected]
Usertags: ppc64

Hi,

on ppc64, the m2 backend is currently disabled for gcc-16. I have just
verified that gcc-16 builds fine with m2 enabled:

glaubitz@perotto:~/gcc16$ ls -l *m2*
-rw-r--r-- 1 glaubitz glaubitz   106928 Jul  6 01:21 gm2-16_16.1.0-2_ppc64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 glaubitz glaubitz     1084 Jul  6 01:21 gm2-16-for-host_16.1.0-2_ppc64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 glaubitz glaubitz 12921728 Jul  6 01:31 gm2-16-powerpc64-linux-gnu_16.1.0-2_ppc64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 glaubitz glaubitz 94905708 Jul  6 01:23 gm2-16-powerpc64-linux-gnu-dbgsym_16.1.0-2_ppc64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 glaubitz glaubitz   845456 Jul  6 01:21 libgm2-16-dev_16.1.0-2_ppc64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 glaubitz glaubitz   187928 Jul  6 01:22 libgm2-21_16.1.0-2_ppc64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 glaubitz glaubitz   515564 Jul  6 01:21 libgm2-21-dbgsym_16.1.0-2_ppc64.deb
glaubitz@perotto:~/gcc16$

Thus, please remove "ppc64" from m2_no_cpus for the next upload!

I'm going to test powerpc next.

Adrian

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