Bdale Garbee writes ("Re: Bug#266837: rpvm_0.6.2-1_hppa: FTBFS: relocation R_PARISC_DPREL21L can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC"): > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackson) writes: > > 16. If the rpvm maintainer is of the opinion that there is no change > > needed to rpvm to fix the problem - ie, that the problem will be > > fixed automatically when the missing library is provided by pvm - > > then the rpvm maintainer may, if they wish, close their bug or > > merge it with the pvm bug. > > I disagree with this point. The bug should remain open and unmerged.
I don't have a strong opinion about this. Would you be happy if we just left that paragraph out ? > I would remind everyone involved that having a FTBFS bug open does not > reflect poorly on the maintainer of the package in cases like this, as long > as suitable explaining text is part of the bug history. Quite so. Ian.