Re: Question on BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT in GCC on NetBSD/m68k

Hi Adrian,

Le 13/06/2025 à 16:53, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz a écrit :

> On Fri, 2025-06-13 at 17:15 +0300, Eero Tamminen wrote:
>> Wouldn't next upgrade completely break user's Debian system so it needs
>> complete re-install?
> 
> You would need to extract the glibc package manually from my tests. After that,
> upgrading the system should be possible.
> 
>> If true, would separate m68k arch for 4-byte alignment be out of
>> question, similarly how there have been different ARM arch variants?
> 
> Creating a separate arch would mean patching various parts of Debian which
> again would involve a lot of work which I don't think is worth the effort.
> 
> I don't think the userbase is large enough to warrant all that work.
> 
>> PS. I was peripherally involved in the ARM VFP thing, in a Debian
>> derivative that switched to use VFP before Debian did. So I know a bit
>> how big thing such transition is, even with the Debian cross-compiling &
>> boot-strapping support being much better now...
> 
> That's why I want to make a hard cut and not invest months of work when the
> userbase consists of just a few people.
> 

A stupid question: is this possible to remove from debian the packets 
that are broken?
(I'm sorry if you already answered to this question).

Because I'm afraid that changing the ABI could cause more problems than 
it solves.

Thanks,
Laurent