This is an auto-filed bug because sys-boot/arcload fails to compile. The issue was originally discovered on amd64, but it may be reproducible on other arches as well. If you think that a different summary clarifies the issue better, feel free to change it. Attached build log and emerge --info. NOTE: If you need further logs, feel free to ask.
Created attachment 642168 [details] build.log build log and emerge --info
sys-boot/arcload is a bootloader for mips64 platforms, specifically SGI machines (IP22/IP27/IP28/IP30/IP32). It is not expected to fully compile on any other architecture. The build process involves creating two arcload binaries, one for 32-bit platforms (IP22/IP32) and one for 64-bit platforms (IP27/IP28/IP30), as well as a small helper utility, wreckoff. The build failure you are highlighting is during wreckoff's compile, and this is expected on a non-MIPS platform. wreckoff is used to make adjustments in the 32-bit arcload binary to correct several trampoline bugs that can happen due to compiler quirks, and it then converts that 32-bit arcload binary from ELF to an older ECOFF format, which is expected by the 32-bit PROMs running on IP22/IP32 platforms (primarily for those machines with super-old PROMs that don't recognize ELF). The package fully compiles on a mips64/SGI IP30 system and I will attach a build log documenting this. Resolving as INVALID.
Created attachment 762375 [details] arcload builds fine on a mips system
Yeah, it's -* so tinderbox should avoid it.
(In reply to Sam James from comment #4) > Yeah, it's -* so tinderbox should avoid it. It apparently isn't, so I left the lengthy note in c#2 for future reference, in case someone stumbles across this again.
yeah, just noting there's probably a bug in agos scripts here, not that your comment was redundant
