#1145201 rust-coreutils: Please don't use lld on powerpc, ppc64, sparc64 and x32

Package:
src:rust-coreutils
Source:
src:rust-coreutils
Submitter:
John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Date:
2026-08-23 19:47:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1145201#5
Date:
2026-08-23 19:45:28 UTC
From:
To:
Source: rust-coreutils
Version: 0.10.0-1
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-amd64@lists.debian.org, debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org, debian-sparc@lists.debian.org
User: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org
Usertags: powerpc ppc64
User: debian-amd64@lists.debian.org
Usertags: x32
User: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org
Usertags: sparc64

Hi,

rust-coreutils FTBFS on all Linux targets in Debian Ports as lld does not fully support
these or isn't available at all as in the case of powerpc.

Could you please enable lld for the release architectures only and resort to either mold
or bfd in Debian Ports?

Thanks,
Adrian