On 27.09.2017 16:01, James Cowgill wrote: > Hi, > > On 24/09/17 10:36, Shengjing Zhu wrote: >> Package: libgo11 >> Version: 7.2.0-5 >> Severity: wishlist >> Tags: upstream >> X-Debbugs-CC: pkg-go-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org >> >> Dear Maintainer, >> >> Currently the pkg-go team uses gccgo to build Go packages on MIPS* >> archs. However currently version of gccgo has different GOARCH name for >> MIPS*. >> >> Bug is reported at https://github.com/golang/go/issues/18031 >> And the fix is applied in trunk, >> https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/commit/074bbd7b6a221b0446c73b3f4c2e1bf6cc7b2634 >> >> We currently need tricky way to build Go packages on MIPS*(as described >> in https://github.com/golang/go/issues/18031#issuecomment-318574018 ) >> >> So I think backport this fix in gccgo can be really helpful. > > I just want to note that you need all 6 of the patches from the original > patch series I submitted. If you only apply the commit above, the build > will fail. > > These are commits 648dc544240~6..648dc544240 in the gcc git mirror. I > can collect all the patches together if that would be easier. > > See this for the original series: > https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/gofrontend/+/46150
it looks like Ian is fine to have these backported, so please propose this for GCC upstream, and we can then pull it from there. Matthias
