Debian ARM Hard Float (armhf) port TODO list

State of features for armhf

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. Detailed package-specific notes are on the page ArmHardFloatProblems.

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(./)

Great

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Fix in unreleased or BTS

{X}

Unfixed

{i}

Needs confirmation tests

The GCC Toolchain

State

Binutils

(./) Binutils in unstable now supports armhf

Standard C

(./) gcc-4.[4,5,6] available (Debian GCC includes the Linaro patches)

Standard C++

(./) gcc-4.[4,5,6] available (Debian GCC includes the Linaro patches)

glibc

Debian eglibc works

g77

(./) Both 4.4 and 4.5 available (Debian GCC includes the Linaro patches)

libffi5

(./) 3.0.9

Objective-C

(./) Both 4.4 and 4.5 available (Debian GCC includes the Linaro patches)

Java

gcj-4.6 works, openjdk to bootstrap

Self-bootstraping languages

State

fpc

not yet

sbcl

not yet

ghc6

needs special bootstraping process

gnat

needs cross-compiled gnat from arch that has gnat

Other languages

State

clisp

in progress

gdc

gdc-4.4 available

mono

does not build

ocaml

(./) lacks native

and a dozen more languages

{X}

Important packages

State

dietlibc

TODO

kernel-package

621032 - {X} sdma-firmware needs some source presentation source code (bytecode as C files not an option)

Infrastructure

State

buildd's

(./) 5 buildd's running (Konstantinos)

build logs

on http://buildd.debian-ports.org/status/architecture.php?a=armhf&suite=unstable

official archive

(./) ~87%

packages properly signed by DD

(./)

developer accessible machine

TODO

official archive inclusion

615513: armhf accepted as release goal for wheezy! Need to make sure we meet the Archive criteria.

testing inclusion

{X}

debian-installer

State

d-i base port

Most udebs are built

d-i kernel images

work in progress on 2.6.39 & 3.0.0

d-i sample images

waiting for the above

d-i nightly images

TODO

d-i documentation

{X}

arch-upgrade tool

{X} [ArchTakeover]

Failed packages (not directly related to armhf)

State

eprover

521918

pperl

533934

sformat

552873

gambc

501414

bcov

577029

pgsql-asn1oid

599725

stlport5.2

598937

slgtk

577364

ski

495889

ktoon

598933

libdevel-bt-perl

602668

zfs-fuse

598923

qwbfsmanager

598885

scidavis

588631

libavg

580678

gnuradio

573759

gwget2

577899

crystalspace

544831, needs arm atomics

libv8

596997, patched version in experimental, tests fail

libffi

597920, patched version in unreleased

boost1.42

604107, fixed in boost1.46, still need 1.42

hylafax

565001

oolite

565101, still in experimental

eresi

598936, error: redefinition of 'struct user_reqs'

xorp

no BR yet, casting error, also not in arch list

libexplain

614462

gclcvs

no BR yet, compile errors

diagnostics

no BR yet, error: _URC_NORMAL_STOP was not declared in this scope

vnc4

536544, libloader.a: No such file or directory

aufs-tools

655610, fatal error: linux/aufs_type.h: No such file or directory

pantomime1.2

618184

gorm.app

618205

rcalc

no BR yet, fatal error: libgnomeui/gnome-window-icon.h: No such file or directory

xxdiff

617768

libvisual-plugins

515381

libgii

no BR yet, fails on arm thumb/asm conflict

flint

no BR yet, Error: selected processor does not support Thumb mode 'rsc ip,ip,ip'

llvm

no BR yet, Error: LR and PC should not both be in register list 'ldmia sp!,{r0,r1,r2,r3,lr,pc}'

llvm-snapshot

no BR yet, Error: LR and PC should not both be in register list 'ldmia sp!,{r0,r1,r2,r3,lr,pc}'

gcl

no BR yet, error: the assertion tp&~tp on line 179 of sfaslelf.c in function relocate failed

libblocksruntime

no BR yet, clang: warning: unknown platform, assuming -mfloat-abi=soft

ghemical

no BR yet, depends on fixed mpqc

libnih

no BR yet, fails one test case

libsgml-parser-opensp-perl

613199

libgtk2-mozembed-perl

626193

dammit

625017

plee-the-bear

627253

xsd

624942

smc

629838

dpkg

634961 - fails testsuite if not run using fakeroot!

Failures directly related to armhf

State

libtool

632614

libx86

597000

blcr

622720

whitelister

no BR yet, "ocamlfind: Not supported in your configuration: ocamlopt"

scsh-0.6

604693

polyml

623135

ibam

604674

yap

629482

stressapptest

629483

oss4

604679, still in experimental

libguytools1

604670

libguytools2

623134

lua-gtk

no BR yet

nodejs

no BR yet, does not detect libv8, maybe a libv8 problem?!

libffi-ruby

no BR yet

chromium-browser

no BR yet

flash-kernel

620888, efikamx: 612376, added to unreleased at debian-ports

aqemu

622722

fdutils

627220

mpi-defaults

627239

pulseaudio

632594

reptyr

633750

luajit

634244

iceweasel

635957

gcc ICEs

State

Bug Number

ace

build log

oss4

build log

633479

traverso

build log

633469

shibboleth-sp2

build log

630752

webkitgtk+

build log

Closed bugs

State

valgrind

no BR, fixed on 1:3.6.1-5

binutils

621029

gcc-4.4

621083

alsa-lib

596968

alsa-tools

604651

alsa-utils

604650

alsa-plugins

604649

superiotool

604669

elinks

592466

libisofs

622725

coq

622882

xfce4-radio-plugin

614451

xfce4-diskperf-plugin

604681

netsurf

574299

openmpi

617779

php-imlib

571389

libmodplug

624403

cynthiune.app

618211

gst-plugins-bad0.10

604660

beast

563050

xnecview

621392

hivex

589809

sprng

627254

fenics

604527

aqsis

624504

xorg

605841

vowpal-wabbit

602169

cpuburn

627247

mmorph

552881

alsa-oss

629486

guile-pg

590952

cairo-dock-plugins

629478

gdb

596953

klibc

627252

librep

623388

ecj

631070

openmsx

635413 , fixed upstream

scheme2c

604665

hdf5

635199, fixed

bogofilter

596986, not reproducible anymore

Packages that FTBFS because of broken java

State

jffi

View build log

tijmp

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beid

View build log

openvrml

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zookeeper

View build log

hyperestraier

View build log

jless

View build log

antlr3

View build log

lasso

View build log

eclipse

View build log

openjdk-6

View build log

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Other:

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