In article <20200902093453.57jkr4hskfed2...@chiark.greenend.org.uk>, Theo Markettos <t...@markettos.org.uk> wrote: > For those who have been (re)building autobuilder packages, what OS are you > currently building on? And which sources are you building?
> I think historically the autobuilder has used Debian 'stable' sources, which > meant an unexpected wave of breakage whenever Debian decided to release a > new 'stable' distro. That appears to still be the case, is that right? > In terms of build OS, is there any reason to use something other than the > latest Ubuntu LTS (20.04)? Last time I set up mass builds I used Ubuntu > 14.04, which is a bit old nowadays. Sometimes the packages needed for > particular builds can vary between distros, and it would save effort if I > could use whatever other people have got to work. What have you been using? > To some degree using Debian 'stable' for the build distro as well makes some > kind of sense, but I don't know if that's what people are doing. Mostly debian Bullseye using 'Stable' sources. Some packages fail to build on more recent distros. If this happens then Unbuntu 16.0.4 LTS. _______________________________________________ GCCSDK mailing list gcc@gccsdk.riscos.info Bugzilla: http://www.riscos.info/bugzilla/index.cgi List Info: http://www.riscos.info/mailman/listinfo/gcc Main Page: http://www.riscos.info/index.php/GCCSDK
