Packer s390x Compiled Binary #13732

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Description

Hello I noticed that back in 2019 s390x support was added for packer as per this issue #7567 and I was wondering if there were any planes to include the compiled s390x binary in the Packer release stream as it appears there currently isn't one available for install.

I was able to build and use packer just fine following the build procedure online from the HashiCorp site. This request really comes from a pure convenience standpoint as it would make it much easier to just dnf install the binary via package manager as opposed to doing the build process.

> uname -r
4.18.0-553.170.1.el8_10.s390x

> packer --help
Usage: packer [--version] [--help] <command> [<args>]

Available commands are:
    build                 build image(s) from template
    console               creates a console for testing variable interpolation
    fix                   fixes templates from old versions of packer
    fmt                   Rewrites HCL2 config files to canonical format
    hcl2_upgrade          transform a JSON template into an HCL2 configuration
    init                  Install missing plugins or upgrade plugins
    inspect               see components of a template
    plugins               Interact with Packer plugins and catalog
    validate              check that a template is valid
    verify-attestation    verify a signed attestation against policy
    version               Prints the Packer version

Btw if the answer is we don't support s390x because we can't get our hands on the hardware for release testing and what not, I totally understand.

Use Case(s)

Users running on LinuxONE that want to build images for their KVM and zVM environments with the packer-qemu-plugin...which also could use s390x release support :)

Potential References

#7567