#1134872 qemu-system does not exist on 32bit hosts anymore, and qemubuilder depends on it

Package:
qemubuilder
Source:
qemubuilder
Description:
pbuilder using QEMU as backend
Submitter:
Michael Tokarev
Date:
2026-09-25 14:37:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1134872#5
Date:
2026-04-25 10:16:01 UTC
From:
To:
Starting with version 11.0, upstream qemu does not support 32bit hosts
anymore.  In particular, there's no qemu-system-x86 package (or any of
qemu-system-*) on i386 architecture.  But qemubuilder depends on it.

Please drop dependency on qemu-system* on 32bit architectures.  Current
dependency does not let qemu to migrate to testing.

Thanks,

/mjt

#1134872#12
Date:
2026-09-25 09:34:26 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

* Michael Tokarev [Sat Apr 25, 2026 at 01:16:01PM +0300]:

I prepared an MR to address this at
https://salsa.debian.org/pbuilder-team/cowdancer/-/merge_requests/8

regards
-mika-

#1134872#17
Date:
2026-09-25 14:00:49 UTC
From:
To:
Hello,

Bug #1134872 in cowdancer reported by you has been fixed in the
Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit
message below and you can check the diff of the fix at:

https://salsa.debian.org/pbuilder-team/cowdancer/-/commit/98b03f3365d55491f15e5b6ee97b3de8f94749b4
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qemubuilder: stop building qemubuilder on 32bit architectures

Quoting Michael Tokarev from #1134872:

| Starting with version 11.0, upstream qemu does not support 32bit hosts
| anymore.  In particular, there's no qemu-system-x86 package (or any of
| qemu-system-*) on i386 architecture.  But qemubuilder depends on it.

Using qemubuilder on 32bit hosts doesn't make any sense,
so build qemubuilder only on supported architectures.

Closes: #1134872
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Greetings

https://bugs.debian.org/1134872

#1134872#24
Date:
2026-09-25 14:35:37 UTC
From:
To:
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
cowdancer, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1134872@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Mattia Rizzolo <mattia@debian.org> (supplier of updated cowdancer package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 15:54:45 +0200
Source: cowdancer
Architecture: source
Version: 0.91
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian pbuilder maintenance team <team+pbuilder@tracker.debian.org>
Changed-By: Mattia Rizzolo <mattia@debian.org>
Closes: 1134872
Changes:
 cowdancer (0.91) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   [ Mattia Rizzolo ]
   * Bump Standards-Version to 4.7.4.
     Drop Priority:optional, as 4.7.3 considers it the default value if omitted.
   * Drop R³:no, now the default
   * Bump debhelper version to 14.
 .
   [ Michael Prokop ]
   * qemubuilder: stop building qemubuilder on 32bit architectures.
     Closes: #1134872
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