Re: [Tails-dev] Tails 7.x for arm64, with support for Apple …

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Auteur: NoisyCoil
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Aan: The Tails public development discussion list
CC: Timur Abdullin
Onderwerp: Re: [Tails-dev] Tails 7.x for arm64, with support for Apple Silicon
Hey there!

On 4/5/26 06:18, Timur Abdullin via Tails-dev wrote:
> Hi there!
>
> Thank you so much for your hard work!
>
> I’d like to clarify whether you’ll be building the 7.6 image for ARM64
> Apple Silicon? 🙏🏻


I would like to, but the test suite broke on Debian Testing/Sid (see
[1]) and I'm reluctant to upload images without testing. Downgrading
cucumber as suggested there didn't work fully for me, all tests still
fail. So I will at some point, but I want to fix the test suite first
(at least locally).

> I’m currently working with 7.5, which you published earlier, but I’m
> experiencing some issues — crashes occur and the screen display gets
> corrupted.


What machine? What underlying linux do you have installed?

> I’d make the image myself, but I’ve tried many times and haven’t
> succeeded. I’m just a hobbyist.


You need an appropriately configured proxy to download packages from
Debian instead from Tails.

[1] https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/work_items/21463