Bug#657116: libtar: FTBFS on hurd-i386

2014-02-17 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Magnus Holmgren] I have not forwarded the patch eliminating MAXPATHLEN yet, if that is what you mean. I did ask on the mailing list about releasing a new version with what's currently in git though. Thank you for fixing libtar on Hurd and follow up on the issues with upstream. :) I hope the

Bug#657116: libtar: FTBFS on hurd-i386

2014-02-13 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
Hi again. Is there a new upstream version planned soon fixing this build problem, or is it better to patch the Debian package? -- Happy hacking Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Bug#657116: libtar: FTBFS on hurd-i386

2014-02-13 Thread Magnus Holmgren
torsdagen den 13 februari 2014 09.03.36 skrev Petter Reinholdtsen: Hi again. Is there a new upstream version planned soon fixing this build problem, or is it better to patch the Debian package? I have not forwarded the patch eliminating MAXPATHLEN yet, if that is what you mean. I did ask on

Bug#657116: libtar: FTBFS on hurd-i386

2014-02-09 Thread Magnus Holmgren
fredagen den 31 januari 2014 23.01.54 skrev du: I've attached an updated patch solving some of the issues upstream commented on in the last patch. I have not had time to update all of it yet, but thought it best to check if it would get accepted into Debian even if upstream refuse to include

Bug#657116: libtar: FTBFS on hurd-i386

2014-02-09 Thread Magnus Holmgren
söndagen den 9 februari 2014 19.35.06 skrev Magnus Holmgren: fredagen den 31 januari 2014 23.01.54 skrev du: I've attached an updated patch solving some of the issues upstream commented on in the last patch. I have not had time to update all of it yet, but thought it best to check if it

Bug#657116: libtar: FTBFS on hurd-i386

2014-02-09 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Magnus Holmgren] I've updated your updated patch. Any comments? Perhaps my realloc_if_needed() code is overly complicated. I'm guessing that free()ing buf and malloc()ing it again is in practice going to reuse the same memory anyway, and the overhead is negligible. Tried to apply it on the

Bug#657116: libtar: FTBFS on hurd-i386

2014-02-08 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Petter Reinholdtsen] I've attached an updated patch solving some of the issues upstream commented on in the last patch. I have not had time to update all of it yet, but thought it best to check if it would get accepted into Debian even if upstream refuse to include it. I've now had time to

Bug#657116: libtar: FTBFS on hurd-i386

2014-01-31 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
Hi. This libtar build failure on hurd block vlc and a few other packages from building on Debian/Hurd. Any chance to get a added to the Debian package while we wait for upstream to fix it? I've attached an updated patch solving some of the issues upstream commented on in the last patch. I have

Bug#657116: libtar: FTBFS on hurd-i386

2012-01-26 Thread Magnus Holmgren
On tisdagen den 24 januari 2012, you stated the following: This patch solves the build problems for GNU/Hurd due to MAXPATHLEN issues. The solution is to make dynamic string allocations instead of using fixed length buffers. The functions mkdirhier, basename and dirname have all been checked

Bug#657116: libtar: FTBFS on hurd-i386

2012-01-26 Thread Svante Signell
On Thu, 2012-01-26 at 22:19 +0100, Magnus Holmgren wrote: On tisdagen den 24 januari 2012, you stated the following: This patch solves the build problems for GNU/Hurd due to MAXPATHLEN issues. The solution is to make dynamic string allocations instead of using fixed length buffers. The

Bug#657116: libtar: FTBFS on hurd-i386

2012-01-26 Thread Magnus Holmgren
On torsdagen den 26 januari 2012, Svante Signell wrote: On Thu, 2012-01-26 at 22:19 +0100, Magnus Holmgren wrote: I'll have a look and forward it to the libtar mailing list. There actually is sort of an official unofficial upstream at http://repo.or.cz/w/libtar.git since a while back.

Bug#657116: libtar: FTBFS on hurd-i386

2012-01-24 Thread Svante Signell
Source: libtar Version: 1.2.11-8 Severity: important Tags: patch User: debian-h...@lists.debian.org Usertags: hurd Hi, This patch solves the build problems for GNU/Hurd due to MAXPATHLEN issues. The solution is to make dynamic string allocations instead of using fixed length buffers. The