Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2017 21:49:30 +0000 (UTC) From: Benjamin Kaduk <bjk@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r50435 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201707022149.v62LnUiB022087@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: bjk Date: Sun Jul 2 21:49:30 2017 New Revision: 50435 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/50435 Log: Add 2017Q2 entry on ports on non-x86 from linimon Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-04-2017-06.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-04-2017-06.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-04-2017-06.xml Sun Jul 2 21:31:53 2017 (r50434) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-04-2017-06.xml Sun Jul 2 21:49:30 2017 (r50435) @@ -488,4 +488,61 @@ accurate representations.</p> </body> </project> + + <project cat='ports'> + <title>Updating Port Metadata for non-x86 Architectures</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Mark</given> + <common>Linimon</common> + </name> + <email>linimon@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="http://thunderx1.nyi.FreeBSD.org/jail.html?mastername=110arm64-default">aarch64 Poudriere Machine</url> + <url href="http://beefy8.nyi.FreeBSD.org/jail.html?mastername=head-armv6-default">armv6 Poudriere Machine</url> + </links> + + <body> + <p>I have been analyzing the error logs from ports builds for + all non-x86 architectures, including both the logs published + on the package build cluster and also other builds of + powerpc64 and sparc64.</p> + + <p>From this analysis, I have marked almost all the failing + ports as either <tt>BROKEN</tt> or + <tt>NOT_FOR</tt>/<tt>ONLY_FOR</tt>, as appropriate.</p> + + <p>The intent of this work is not to make life harder for + anyone, but rather, in fact, the opposite. With these + definitions in place, it is possible to scan the poudriere + bulk build output (the "Ignored ports" portion, in + particular) and see quickly what ports are failing to build + and why. Previously, finding the exact reason why a build + failed needed some research (<tt>portsmon</tt> only models + failure messages on amd64). Additionally, it is extremely + difficult to work through several hundred logs that simply say + "failed to compile", "failed to link", and + so forth.</p> + + <p>This is part of an effort to identify where we need further + work to bring sufficient Ports Collection support to, e.g., + armv6 and aarch64 to bring them closer to true Tier-1 + status.</p> + + <p>To further facilitate locating patterns in the Poudriere + output, I have begun reworking some existing + <tt>BROKEN</tt>/<tt>NOT_FOR</tt>/<tt>ONLY_FOR</tt> messages so + that they will sort more easily. This includes sorting the + order of the <tt>ARCH</tt> definitions.</p> + + <p>Many people have been doing great work on fixing the + individual ports. I hope that my work makes their jobs + somewhat easier.</p> + </body> + </project> </report>
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