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Date:      Thu, 15 Dec 2016 09:42:40 +0300
From:      Boris Samorodov <bsam@passap.ru>
To:        Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: building m4 in poudriere cross-build
Message-ID:  <ac20a2a3-9a89-1551-f2d4-b7aaa24348fa@passap.ru>
In-Reply-To: <1481755164.1889.430.camel@freebsd.org>
References:  <CALd%2Bdcere=CVXCAp=Aa98gEK%2BUyzQAFq_ke%2BcokgLbv=WGO2vA@mail.gmail.com> <706A6D47-21F3-4017-8CD4-C651F37900E6@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> <1481752684.1889.425.camel@freebsd.org> <144A0FFB-730E-42C4-8FE6-7387505145A0@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> <1481755164.1889.430.camel@freebsd.org>

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Hi All,

15.12.2016 01:39, Ian Lepore пишет:

> There are many ports that fail to compile on arm that need only a tiny
> change to start working (for either native or cross-compile).  It
> doesn't take long to figure out the fixes, but it's virtually
> impossible to get the fixes committed.

Do you have any evidence of such resistance (may be PR)?

>  The ports maintainers often
> don't know anything about arm or other platforms and are reluctant to
> commit changes they don't understand and can't test.

Then committers should teach maintainers to deal with ARM specifics.
Me for one would be glad to get more info how to fix ARM & ports
problems.

-- 
WBR, Boris Samorodov (bsam)
FreeBSD Committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve



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