Working on Fedora Linux RISC-V Port: Three Months of Package Building and Troubleshooting
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Summary
The article details the author's experience working on the RISC-V port of Fedora Linux over three months. The author describes their workflow of triaging Fedora RISC-V tracker entries, fetching package sources, building them, and troubleshooting build failures. They've submitted 86 pull requests for Fedora packages during this period. The article focuses on the practical challenges and workflow of porting Fedora to the RISC-V architecture, with a notable mention of significant performance differences (143 vs 36 minutes) in build times.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledAbout 3 months ago I started working with RISC-V port of Fedora Linux.
My usual way of working involves fetching sources of a Fedora package (fedpkg clone -a) and then building it (fedpkg mockbuild -r fedora-43-riscv64).
After some time, I check did it built and if not then I go through build logs to find out why.
Effect? At the moment, 86 pull requests sent for Fedora packages.
143 vs 36 minutes is far too big difference.
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