Bug#980963: dpkg: Please add ARC architecture

[Helmut Grohne]

On Sat, Feb 06, 2021 at 07:25:35PM +0000, Alexey Brodkin wrote:
> Any chances to get updates on this one some time soon?

No. The triplet cannot be changed once added. Therefore, the addition is
often deferred. The absence of the triplet can easily be worked around.
A bootstrap can be prototyped already. A major missing piece though is
glibc 2.32 being packaged in Debian. That likely is a prerequisite for
resolving this bug.

Things that often need architecture-specific support for a new
architecture include:
 * guile-X.Y (cross support)
 * libgc
 * libxcrypt (symbols)
 * nspr
 * openssl (packaging)

Are any of these fixed or confirmed working for arc?

I suggest that you coordinate with Vineet Gupta as he is already working
on this.

Helmut