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Mathieu Benoit
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Two more shapes of the same multilib assumption, and the second is a
trap worth naming.
Some _pick lines write the 32-bit path in full:
mv: cannot stat 'usr/lib/gcc/s390x-ibm-linux-gnu/16/32/finclude/'
Others write BOTH paths in one line with a brace expansion --
$_libdir/{,32/}finclude/ expands to the normal path and the 32-bit one.
Deleting such a line would silently lose the path that DOES exist, so
only the alternative is removed: {,32/} and {,32} become nothing.
That distinction matters. A blanket "delete every line mentioning 32"
would have dropped gcc-fortran's finclude, libcaf and libgfortran.spec
from the package, and the loss would only have surfaced later, in
something that failed to link.
Host libraries again: libcryptsetup for util-linux, libgcrypt, libksba
and npth for gnupg, libpam for shadow.
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Deux formes de plus de la meme hypothese multilib, et la seconde est un
piege qui merite d etre nomme.
Certaines lignes _pick ecrivent le chemin 32 bits en entier :
mv: cannot stat 'usr/lib/gcc/s390x-ibm-linux-gnu/16/32/finclude/'
D autres ecrivent les DEUX chemins d un coup par expansion d accolades
-- $_libdir/{,32/}finclude/ produit le chemin normal et celui en 32
bits. Supprimer une telle ligne perdrait en silence le chemin qui
EXISTE, donc seule l alternative disparait : {,32/} et {,32} deviennent
rien.
La distinction compte. Un « supprimer toute ligne mentionnant 32 »
aurait retire finclude, libcaf et libgfortran.spec du paquet
gcc-fortran, et la perte ne serait apparue que plus tard, dans quelque
chose qui refuse de se lier.
Bibliotheques d hote, encore : libcryptsetup pour util-linux, libgcrypt,
libksba et npth pour gnupg, libpam pour shadow.
Assisted-by: Claude Opus 5
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Arch Linux s390x
A port of Arch Linux to IBM s390x mainframe architecture with systemd support.
Boots a full Arch Linux system on IBM mainframes (or QEMU s390x emulation) using a hybrid build: cross-compilation for the kernel, native s390x compilation on z/VM for userspace.
Quick Start
make container # build dev container (first time)
cp .env.example .env # configure z/VM access
make all # build kernel + initramfs + systemd
make test-systemd # boot it
What Works
- Arch Linux kernel 6.18.6-arch1 with Arch patches, cross-compiled
- Initramfs via modified mkinitcpio
- Static busybox built natively on z/VM, 2.3MB
- Root filesystem with ext4, switch_root to real rootfs
- Systemd as PID 1
Pacman, bash, and GNU coreutils are not yet ported.
Build System
The build uses two tiers:
Cross-compilation (x86_64 host): Kernel is built in a Fedora 43 container with s390x-linux-gnu-gcc. Initramfs is generated with a patched mkinitcpio that handles cross-architecture binary injection.
Native compilation (s390x z/VM): Busybox and systemd must be built on real s390x hardware. The z/VM system runs RHEL 9.6 with GCC 11.5.0. Scripts handle SSH deployment and retrieval automatically via .env configuration.