From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Sep 25 16:03:51 2020 Received: (at 43591) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Sep 2020 20:03:51 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45411 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kLtwd-0008RY-LY for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 25 Sep 2020 16:03:51 -0400 Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([185.233.100.1]:54454) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kLtwb-0008RH-RO for 43591@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 25 Sep 2020 16:03:50 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hera.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74983D9D; Fri, 25 Sep 2020 22:03:48 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at aquilenet.fr Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (hera.aquilenet.fr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id CgLVQG4HozmZ; Fri, 25 Sep 2020 22:03:47 +0200 (CEST) Received: from jurong (unknown [IPv6:2001:910:103f::323]) by hera.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1B54C4FC; Fri, 25 Sep 2020 22:03:37 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 22:03:23 +0200 From: Andreas Enge To: Marius Bakke Subject: Re: [bug#43591] [PATCH core-updates] gnu: glibc-final: Catch all cases of a glibc user not requesting 64-bit offsets and then using readdir. Message-ID: <20200925200323.GB5828@jurong> References: <20200924141211.21649-1-dannym@scratchpost.org> <87363759at.fsf@gnu.org> <20200924222711.2f22281a@scratchpost.org> <87tuvm4vop.fsf@gnu.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87tuvm4vop.fsf@gnu.org> X-Spam-Score: 0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 43591 Cc: Danny Milosavljevic , 43591@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.3 (/) On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 01:11:18AM +0200, Marius Bakke wrote: > Arguably running code for foreign architectures through QEMU binfmt is > something of a hack. Mandating that every package *must* be patched to > support it seems user-hostile. I'm more in favor of dropping it on the > build farm Indeed it is weird we do not only compile packages natively on the build farm. If we do not have enough aarch64 machines, would it make sense to buy some more? How many would we need? Which are our options of machines that can run the GNU system (as opposed to Guix on a foreign distro, and possibly non-free firmware)? Andreas