Re: Test failures on ppc64el for camelot-py

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 5:35 AM Elena ``of Valhalla''
<valhalla@debian.org> wrote:
>
> I'm the maintainer of camelot-py and when I enabled autopkgtests for the
> package I've had a failure on ppc64el
>
> https://ci.debian.net/packages/c/camelot-py/testing/ppc64el/42972030/
>
> all other architectures pass, and I have no experience on ppc64el, so I
> don't know what could be causing this: do you have any hint on things I
> could look out for?
>
> I've opened a bug to keep track of the issue, and I'm also going to
> report it on the upstream bugtracker, in case they would also have
> useful hints to find a solution.
>
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1063891
>
> If I can't find a proper solution I guess I will just disable the
> autopkgtests on ppc64el, but if anybody can help me in finding a proper
> solution I'd be grateful.

One of the first things to do is, sign up for a GCC Compile Farm
account, <https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/CompileFarm> and
<https://portal.cfarm.net/>. It is free for free and open source
software developers. See "Request an Account" in the menu bar at
<https://portal.cfarm.net/users/new/>.

The CFarm provides plenty of PowerPC machines to test on:
<https://portal.cfarm.net/machines/list/>. cfarm29 provides ppc64le.
Once your account is approved, SSH into the machine with 'ssh
cfarm29.cfarm.net'.

You should also consider testing on cfarm110, which is big-endian.

Another notable is cfarm119. It is also big-endian, but it runs AIX.

Jeff