Hi Matthias, On Tue, Jul 07, 2026 at 02:39:15PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: > I don't like the "verbosity" of these profiles, but it is what it is.
Are you referring to the "pkg.gcc." prefix or something else? > Did you check just building with DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="nobiarch nolang=... > nohppa64 nogcn nonvptx" ? I no longer know what I checked, but that sounds like a good test before applying a patch. > Are you implementing that for all languages, the offload compilers, hppa64 > and biarch? That is the question I am trying to figure out. The patch I posted is to be understood as an example patch. It demonstrates one way of adding build profiles to gcc. As indicated, adding it for all languages and other features is a lot of work. I'm not here to perform that work and then have a patch sit in the BTS for years as is happening for many other patches. So this is one of the patches where I want to have agreement on the approach before doing the work. What I'm asking from you now is agreeing with the approach taken (if you actually do agree) as well as a list of requirements. Possible requirements: * The full patch should pass building with DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="nobiarch nolang=... nohppa64 nogcn nonvptx". * The full patch should implement profiles for all languages and other features such as biarch, hppa64, gcn and nvptx that can now be disabled via nolang. Of course, such a list cannot be exhaustive. There are things you only spot in retrospect, but you can spell out the ones that you readily see as relevant now. I also ask you to review the produced patch in a timely manner, because it likely produces merge conflicts quickly. We can also form an agreement to reduce the chances of conflicts such as you telling me what gcc version (17?) I should base this on and when to start. The other approach we can take here is being iterative. In that scenario, you'd merge my patch as is given a promise that I follow up with other profiles. This produces smaller diffs and takes a while. In either case, I agree to look into regressions and I shall produce patches addressing them. Helmut
