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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Guix Devel Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yhetil.org; s=key1; t=1615382981; h=from:from:sender:sender:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type:in-reply-to:in-reply-to: references:references:list-id:list-help:list-unsubscribe: list-subscribe:list-post:dkim-signature; bh=DzbsJqz2JqJXOenhuODrya50hfRbxjCO+nWv9HgNYto=; b=eKh3J8YXKdFo+C2vVFnQepNIdmVY5/ZXzEKU8vGm1vo8nUdQvJVi9leX114SJ0Z4TwB919 Vjt2J5dmNU3u/uL1lf7lrcKd3QLWggpjBMCfhrAp9e/8uSaPe0AwTJfxfJydTzCFdL7ww6 yCFxF7Qv9/2CzgaAr4BaDvcWzMD9dl2RZfehwvnn+jUPolNK/HeszsrpZ1QZEvIUojnu22 qadZi/8jCZ0+4tPMOE6Lp8bxkD66NL/yuFHcdeuCTseNAVhYLuvUU2jxbhSHeWx32OwFsu nLQ3Bv+qxrWksbshGnGexXbPMob2hCIXr1hEEuQeT0pn5XqcjESXDqVBFMH8hA== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=key1; d=yhetil.org; t=1615382981; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=PSOaIiRuA0OSMNcsOXktEC50BFe/pcdiqPLEvkejPrdf9oHis/6xhgxH1zV7SZvUtsiDzu N+C+cQQPQ3eQdTtfnUaQiLV11EOK+eddx/Nr10cVaVN8gJtuXu0EzUW3nMFZwCXvHJ0DCi dV6htr+vrnepKHNQFKcEuYZYsP31qhGH8ECfjicYYixRQZulZTRX+dfAbn2Efb1S8+S9tx f0PfToYO9ToV48GOJLvZQQScuia77tQIC6xqqx0QBwMD+5bOe2yk2rToLspfhWUX2EqOCv kkDP3ChKrkJSerOxqRuYNm3RfyaiprI1rRGvQP3vn4GZm02WMGlkRA8z3wDw2A== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=fail ("headers rsa verify failed") header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b="HP/HSPT8"; dmarc=fail reason="SPF not aligned (relaxed)" header.from=gmail.com (policy=none); spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -0.29 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=fail ("headers rsa verify failed") header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b="HP/HSPT8"; dmarc=fail reason="SPF not aligned (relaxed)" header.from=gmail.com (policy=none); spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org X-Migadu-Queue-Id: DA618110F0 X-Spam-Score: -0.29 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn1.migadu.com X-TUID: R6gjRQiPfvVV Hi Chris, On Tue, 09 Mar 2021 at 10:17, Chris Marusich wrote: > zimoun writes: > >> Is it doable to have core-updates merged in the next weeks? Or not at >> all. > > Do we plan to upgrade GCC? This is required for the powerpc64le-linux > port; see below for details. You mean replace gcc-7 by gcc-8 or greater, right? It implies a core-updates merge, right? > The wip-ppc64le branch, which ports Guix to an architecture that can be > run on freedom-friendly POWER9 systems like the Talos II and Blackbird > from Raptor Computing Systems, is "almost" done, and I would really like > to try to get it into the next release if possible. Could be cool! > However, there is still some work to do, and I wouldn't necessarily want > to block the release just for sake of the powerpc64le-linux port. > > In fact, the wip-ppc64le branch was "fully functional" for a little > while. By "fully functional," I mean that "make check" succeeded, "make > guix-binary.powerpc64le-linux.tar.xz" succeeded, the resulting binary > could be installed on a fresh Debian ppc64le system, the binary could > successfully build and run GNU Hello, and the binary could successfully > run "guix pull", and the newly installed "guix pull" could do the same. > > However, that was using glibc 2.31. On core-updates, glibc has been > updated to 2.32, which unfortunately breaks wip-ppc64le. To fix it, we > must upgrade GCC from 7 to 8 (or greater), and that is what we have done > on the wip-ppc64le branch (upgrade GCC to 8). Currently, we are working > through build failures that occurred as a result, but I'm optimistic that > we can resolve those in the coming weeks. Thanks for the explanations. > The real question, I think, is when do we plan to upgrade GCC on > core-updates? It's still on GCC 7.5.0. The powerpc64le-linux port will > require GCC 8 or greater, since core-updates is now using glibc 2.32. Does it make sense to merge wip-ppc64le and core-updates? Cheers, simon