On 7/20/23 11:06, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Demi Marie Obenour: > >> On 7/17/23 09:51, Florian Weimer wrote: >>> * Daniel P. Berrangé: >>> >>>>> But that still raises the question - why does it look like this >>>>> started to happen pretty suddenly around June 30? >>>>> The list of updates that were applied to builders in that timeframe >>>>> doesn't raise any alarm bells (except maybe the 6.3 kernel): >>>>> (see https://pagure.io/releng/issue/11531#comment-864471) >>>>> I read the release notes for the 6.3 kernel but didn't see any >>>>> mentions of BTRFS changes that could explain this. :( >>>> >>>> Or what 32-bit code is being run in the context of koji that is >>>> NOT compiled with LFS ? Is this something silly like configure >>>> script tests not enabling LFS, but the resulting applications >>>> correctly using LFS ? >>> >>> A dependency used during RPM file creation, libcap, is not fully built >>> in LFS mode. Once we fix that, we know that we'll run into issues with >>> chkconfig and update-alternatives. It's a never-ending source of bugs. >>> It's not a good use of maintainer time. >>> >>> We can't change the overall distribution flags with CFLAGS injection >>> because doing so has ABI implications. >> >> Can they be changed at the next mass rebuild? > > Not if we want to maintain compatibility with non-Fedora software. It > probably doesn't matter for most packages, but doing a per-package > analysis is a lot of work.
From this thread, it appears that non-LFS 32-bit software is fundamentally unsupportable in the long run, just like software with 32-bit time_t is unsupportable. That leaves two options: 1. Break the ABI, preferably in such a way that causes non-LFS code to fail at load time rather than crashing. 2. Drop 32-bit support from the distribution altogether. It looks like trying to keep 32-bit non-LFS software working will be an endless time sink and is not sustainable in the long term. -- Sincerely, Demi Marie Obenour (she/her/hers) _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
