Re: Fwd: pspp package FTBFS on armhf

[Ben Pfaff]

Reading https://dsa.debian.org/doc/guest-account/, one of the
requirements is "People requesting access should already have a track
record of working on Debian for some time."  Do you qualify?

Here is another way that may help you to get the information you need:
the testsuite.log is often sufficient to debug problems, but the package
as uploaded does not log it on failure.  By modifying debian/rules to
log it, we will gain more information.  Here is, for example, how the
openvswitch package does something similar:

build-arch: build-arch-stamp
build-arch-stamp: configure-stamp 
        $(MAKE) -C _debian
ifeq (,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
        if $(MAKE) -C _debian check TESTSUITEFLAGS='$(PARALLEL)'; then :; \
        else \
                cat _debian/tests/testsuite.log; \
                exit 1; \
        fi
endif
        touch $@


On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 11:42:57AM +0200, Friedrich Beckmann wrote:
> Hi Ben,
> 
> pspp 0.8.3-1 builds on all architectures except armhf. I would like to look 
> at the build on armhf but for that
> I need access to an armhf build machine. I tried this alone, but I think I 
> need your help as a sponsor. Here is a link
> with the access methods to arm build machines: 
> 
> https://dsa.debian.org/doc/guest-account/
> 
> My key is not signed by debian developers, so maybe this is already a problem 
> that will make it impossible to have
> that access - just to say it upfront...
> 
> I had send the following email to address@hidden: 
> 
> > I am the maintainer of the pspp package and there is build problem on armhf 
> > for version 0.8.3-1. 
> > 
> > https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=pspp
> > 
> > I need access to an armhf machine to look at the problem. Here is my 
> > information:
> > 
> > Name: Friedrich Beckmann
> > Preferred username: fritz
> > Key Fingerprint: 1A9F 9365 EF7F 1142 6275 26B1 CC79 D80A 5BB7 FC51
> > Email: address@hidden
> 
> 
> Anfang der weitergeleiteten Nachricht:
> 
> > Von: peter green <address@hidden>
> > Betreff: Aw: pspp package FTBFS on armhf
> > Datum: 15. August 2014 09:37:17 MESZ
> > An: Friedrich Beckmann <address@hidden>
> > Kopie: ARM <address@hidden>
> > 
> > Friedrich Beckmann wrote:
> >> Hi Peter,
> >> 
> >> thanks for your response. I had send the following email to address@hidden 
> >> <mailto:address@hidden>? to get access to an armhf
> >> machine. Is this the way to get access to an armhf porterbox? 
> > If you are already a DM or already in the NM process then you are supposed 
> > to route rare supposed to route your request through the nm frontdesk.
> > 
> > If you are not a DM and are not yet in the NM process your request needs to 
> > be advocated by a debian developer who you have worked with. Your sponsor 
> > would probablly be the most obvious choice.
> > 
> > Either way the mail you posted at the end of this one is not sufficient.
> > 
> > See https://dsa.debian.org/doc/guest-account/ for full details of the 
> > information you need to provide and how to provide it.
> 
> 
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