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Re: ~4000 packages failing on my own bulk build



David Holland <dholland-pkgtech%netbsd.org@localhost> writes:

> I do think we ought to be more specific about NOT_FOR_* - currently we
> use this both for "it does not make sense on this platform", and "it
> does not work on this platform but in theory it should if someone put
> time in". The former should be silently suppressed; the latter
> shouldn't.
>
> As things stand, lots of the latter get silently hidden in bulk
> reports, e.g. packages that aren't 64-bit clean.
>
> Maybe NOT_FOR_PLATFORM for the first case and BROKEN_ON_PLATFORM for
> the second?

Sounds good to me.
We're close to branch, so not a good time to start rototilling, but I
think it would be good to add BROKEN_ON_PLATFORM to the infrastructure
after thaw and then move things over as people understand the reasons.

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