Debian ARM EABI (armel) port TODO list

State of features for armel

This list omits many features that "just worked" from the beginning, and thus have avoided attention from porters. Thus it looks worse than it is.

Legend

(./)

Great

<!>

Fix in [http://ftp.gnuab.org/debian/dists/unreleased/main/binary-armel/ unreleased] or BTS

{X}

Unfixed

{i}

Needs confirmation tests

The GCC Toolchain

State

Binutils

(./) Works (RikuVoipio)

Standard C

(./) Works (RikuVoipio)

Standard C++

(./) Works (RikuVoipio)

glibc

(./) Works (RikuVoipio / aurel32)

gfortran

{i}

libffi4

{X}

Objective-C

{X}

Java

{X} [http://gcc.gnu.org/PR31325 gcc PR31325]

Other languages

State

ghc6

{X}

mono

<!> #430582

perl

(./) Works (RikuVoipio)

php5

(./) Works (RikuVoipio)

python

<!> libffi4 requirement dropped

ocaml

{i}

ruby

{i}

and a dozen more languages

{X}

Important packages

State

apt

(./) Works (RikuVoipio)

attr

(./) Works (RikuVoipio)

db4.5

(./) Works (RikuVoipio)

db4.x legacy

(./) Works (RikuVoipio)

dpkg

(./) Works (RikuVoipio)

fftw3

(./)

gettext

<!> Java bindings disabled

kernel-package

<!> [http://bugs.debian.org/425971]

linux-2.6

(./) Works (RikuVoipio)

nspr

<!> (bugreport missing?)

Infrastructure

State

buildd's

(./) 2 buildd's running (RikuVoipio)

build logs

(./) http://experimental.ftbfs.de/ (RikuVoipio)

unofficial archive

(./) 87.41% up-to-date

packages properly signed by DD

(./)

developer accessible machine

{X}

official archive inclusion

{X}

debian-installer

State

d-i base port

(./)

d-i sample images

{i} outdated

d-i nightly images

{X}

arch-upgrade tool

{X}

List of patches that only add 'armel' to debian/control:

List of slightly more involved patches needing work:

[http://armel-debs.applieddata.net/diffs/gettext-0.16.1-nojava.diff here].

General sid brokenness:

Other:

Get installed graph to 90%+ zone http://unstable.buildd.net/buildd/Installed_stats.png

Recording Arm EABI bugs to Debian bts

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