The libddccontrol library is, to my knowledge, only used by packages generated by the same source package, namely ddccontrol and gddccontrol. And time_t is only used internally, not exposed via the library's ABI. Under these circumstances, I don't think transitioning libddccontrol is, technically speaking, actually necessary.
Cheers, --Barak. On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 at 00:09, <mwhud...@debian.org> wrote: > > Source: ddccontrol > Version: 1.0.1-1 > Severity: serious > Tags: patch pending > Justification: library ABI skew on upgrade > User: debian-...@lists.debian.org > Usertags: time-t > > Dear maintainer, > > As part of the 64-bit time_t transition required to support 32-bit > architectures in 2038 and beyond > (https://wiki.debian.org/ReleaseGoals/64bit-time), we have identified > ddccontrol as a source package shipping runtime libraries whose ABI > either is affected by the change in size of time_t, or could not be > analyzed via abi-compliance-checker (and therefore to be on the safe > side we assume is affected). > > To ensure that inconsistent combinations of libraries with their > reverse-dependencies are never installed together, it is necessary to > have a library transition, which is most easily done by renaming the > runtime library package. > > Since turning on 64-bit time_t is being handled centrally through a change > to the default dpkg-buildflags (https://bugs.debian.org/1037136), it is > important that libraries affected by this ABI change all be uploaded close > together in time. Therefore I have prepared a 0-day NMU for ddccontrol > which will initially be uploaded to experimental if possible, then to > unstable after packages have cleared binary NEW. > > Please find the patch for this NMU attached. > > If you have any concerns about this patch, please reach out ASAP. Although > this package will be uploaded to experimental immediately, there will be a > period of several days before we begin uploads to unstable; so if information > becomes available that your package should not be included in the transition, > there is time for us to amend the planned uploads. > > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: trixie/sid > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 6.5.0-15-generic (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT) > Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_WARN, TAINT_OOT_MODULE > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not > set > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
