From: Kurt Miller <bsdkurt@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: aarch64 bulk build report
To: Thomas Frohwein <tfrohwein@fastmail.com>
Cc: phessler@openbsd.org, ports@openbsd.org
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 10:58:50 -0500

On Jan 17, 2026, at 9:07 AM, Thomas Frohwein <tfrohwein@fastmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:25:22 -0700 (MST)
> phessler@openbsd.org wrote:
> 
>> bulk build on arm64.ports.openbsd.org
>> started on  Tue Jan 13 04:33:35 MST 2026
>> finished at Fri Jan 16 17:25:09 MST 2026
>> lasted 3D12h51m
>> done with kern.version=OpenBSD 7.8-current (GENERIC.MP) #105: Sun Jan
>> 11 16:45:04 MST 2026
>> 
>> built packages:12584
>> Jan 13:4552
>> Jan 14:292
>> Jan 15:1378
>> Jan 16:6361
>> 
>> 
>> critical path missing pkgs:
>> http://build-failures.rhaalovely.net/aarch64/2026-01-13/summary.log
>> 
>> build failures: 4
>> http://build-failures.rhaalovely.net/aarch64/2026-01-13/games/stratagus.log
>> http://build-failures.rhaalovely.net/aarch64/2026-01-13/graphics/mypaint.log
>> http://build-failures.rhaalovely.net/aarch64/2026-01-13/lang/hashlink.log
> 
>  Makefile:219: HashLink vm is not supported on arm64, skipping
>  [...]
>  Error: /usr/obj/ports/hashlink-1.15pl0/fake-aarch64/usr/local/bin/hl
>  does not exist
> 
> Upstream decided to refuse building bin/hl on aarch64 in this
> non-descriptive commit that seems to be about CI:
> 
> https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/hashlink/commit/f6175ed33326b5909cfb7e8a576f491ecba6041a
> 
> Options:
> 
> 1. If anyone can test if bin/hl works on aarch64 with the diff below,
> we can commit this. (see hello world at [1] and compile hashlink with
> lang/haxe and  `-hl` flag and run as at the top of [2])
> 

There’s one more place to remove the arm64 in the Makefile:

  install:
 -	$(UNAME)==Darwin && ${MAKE} uninstall
- ifneq ($(ARCH),arm64)
+-ifneq ($(ARCH),arm64)
  	mkdir -p $(INSTALL_BIN_DIR)
  	cp hl $(INSTALL_BIN_DIR)
-@@ -240,8 +225,10 @@ endif
+-endif
  	mkdir -p $(INSTALL_LIB_DIR)
  	cp *.hdll $(INSTALL_LIB_DIR)
  	cp libhl.${LIBEXT} $(INSTALL_LIB_DIR)

with that addition it builds ok on aarch64. Not sure I fully
understood the test instructions. This command fails:

m2$ haxe -hl out/main.c -main Main                                                                                                                                                                              
Called from /usr/obj/ports/haxe-4.3.6/haxe-4.3.6/std/neko/_std/EReg.hx line 205
Uncaught exception - load.c(237) : Failed to load library : regexp.ndll (File not found)
Error: Build failed

With:
m2:$ cat Main.hx   
/**
    Multi-line comments for documentation.
**/
class Main {
    static public function main():Void {
        // Single line comment
        trace("Hello World");
    }
}


> 2. Disable build on aarch64 completely (BROKEN-aarch64) if little
> interest.
> 
> 3. Remove bin/hl from the aarch64 plist, as is how upstream builds it.
> I'm not sure however why they feel that the other targets libhl and
> libs are ok there.
> 
> (I don't have aarch64 hardware to test myself unfortunately)
> 
> [1] https://haxe.org/manual/introduction-hello-world.html
> [2] https://hashlink.haxe.org/
> 
> Index: Makefile
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/ports/lang/hashlink/Makefile,v
> diff -u -p -r1.22 Makefile
> --- Makefile 9 Jan 2026 01:50:46 -0000 1.22
> +++ Makefile 17 Jan 2026 14:01:10 -0000
> @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ COMMENT = virtual machine for Haxe
> V = 1.15pl0
> COMMIT = 109f831769ab26a6fa0cf08ef1b926776a77c372
> PKGNAME = hashlink-${V}
> +REVISION = 0
> 
> # commit from 2026-01-05; tagged as 'latest'
> DIST_TUPLE += github HaxeFoundation hashlink ${COMMIT} .
> Index: patches/patch-Makefile
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/ports/lang/hashlink/patches/patch-Makefile,v
> diff -u -p -r1.13 patch-Makefile
> --- patches/patch-Makefile 9 Jan 2026 01:50:46 -0000 1.13
> +++ patches/patch-Makefile 17 Jan 2026 14:01:10 -0000
> @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ remove Linux's 32-/64-bit detection
> remove Darwin detection in install target (breaks 'make fake')
> build libhl_module.so and install hl/hl_module.h and hl/opcodes.h
> install headers (and hlc_main.c) in include/hl/
> +allow regular build on aarch64
> 
> Index: Makefile
> --- Makefile.orig
> @@ -73,24 +74,24 @@ Index: Makefile
>  SDL_LINK_FLAGS = $(shell pkg-config --libs sdl2)
>  LIBOPENAL = -lopenal
>  LIBOPENGL = -lGL
> -@@ -224,7 +214,7 @@ ifdef DEBUG
> +@@ -224,15 +214,10 @@ ifdef DEBUG
>  CFLAGS += -g
>  endif
> 
> -all: libhl libs
> +-ifeq ($(ARCH),arm64)
> +- $(warning HashLink vm is not supported on arm64, skipping)
> +-else
> +all: libhl libhl_module libs
> - ifeq ($(ARCH),arm64)
> -  $(warning HashLink vm is not supported on arm64, skipping)
> - else
> -@@ -232,7 +222,6 @@ all: hl
> - endif
> + all: hl
> +-endif
> 
>  install:
> - $(UNAME)==Darwin && ${MAKE} uninstall
>  ifneq ($(ARCH),arm64)
>   mkdir -p $(INSTALL_BIN_DIR)
>   cp hl $(INSTALL_BIN_DIR)
> -@@ -240,8 +229,10 @@ endif
> +@@ -240,8 +225,10 @@ endif
>   mkdir -p $(INSTALL_LIB_DIR)
>   cp *.hdll $(INSTALL_LIB_DIR)
>   cp libhl.${LIBEXT} $(INSTALL_LIB_DIR)
> @@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ Index: Makefile
> 
>  uninstall:
>   rm -f $(INSTALL_BIN_DIR)/hl $(INSTALL_LIB_DIR)/libhl.${LIBEXT} $(INSTALL_LIB_DIR)/*.hdll
> -@@ -250,71 +241,74 @@ uninstall:
> +@@ -250,71 +237,74 @@ uninstall:
>  libs: $(LIBS)
> 
>  ./include/pcre/%.o: include/pcre/%.c
> @@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ Index: Makefile
> 
>  mesa:
>   (cd libs/mesa && ${MAKE})
> -@@ -387,7 +381,7 @@ codesign_osx:
> +@@ -387,7 +377,7 @@ codesign_osx:
>  .SUFFIXES : .c .o
> 
>  .c.o :