On 27/01/16 18:40, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > On 2015-12-16 23:37, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote: >> On 16/12/15 23:30, Aurelien Jarno wrote: >>> At the beginning of the armhf port the hard-float dynamic linker has >>> been chosen to be '/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/ld-linux.so.3'. However it >>> has been standardized later as '/lib/ld-linux-armhf.so.3' [1]. We have >>> changed it in Debian, and added a patch to the glibc [2] to temporarily >>> support both paths, until all the packages have been rebuilt with the >>> new path. >>> >>> However we failed to do it for Wheezy. We also failed to do it for >>> Jessie. So let's do it for Stretch, so that we can drop the glibc >>> patches in Buster, and ensure binary compatibility with other >>> distributions. >>> >>> For that we first need to binNMU the packages which have not been >>> rebuilt since the dynamic linker change in unstable (see the list at >>> the end of the mail). Then we can have a look at getting all of them >>> migrated to testing. >>> >>> Any comments or objections? >> >> No problem for me, but let's wait for the rebuilds at least until after the >> Perl >> transition. > > I have scheduled the binNMUs sometimes ago, and upgraded a few bugs to > RC when the build failed. I have also asked for packages removal for > really buggy and unmaintained packages (thanks to the ftpmasters for the > quick removals). We now have a much better situation: > > > stretch > ------- > masqmail_0.2.30-1 (sid version buggy) > mutextrace_0.1-1 (sid version buggy) > stun_0.96.dfsg-6 (sid version buggy) > teem_1.11.0~svn5226-1 (sid version buggy) > > sid > --- > argus-client_2.0.6.fixes.1-3 (FTBFS #800260) > apf_0.8.4-1 (FTBFS #803889) > bing_1.1.3-2 (FTBFS #800300) > cone_0.89-1 (FTBFS #804334) > cuba_3.0+20111124-2 (FTBFS #791516) > icebreaker_1.21-11 (FTBFS #800281) > icmpush_2.2-6 (FTBFS #800282) > ipkungfu_0.6.1-6 (bd-uninstallable #733693) > isakmpd_20041012-7.2 (FTBFS #749354) > kcc_2.3-12 (FTBFS #800251) > libprinterconf_0.5-12 (FTBFS #808622) > nget_0.27.1-11 (FTBFS #746885) > sslscan_1.8.2-2 (FTBFS #804616) > wmpinboard_1.0-11 (FTBFS #800193) > > > The 4 remaining packages in stretch have the wrong linker path, but the > fixed version in sid can't migrate as the packages have RC bugs. I guess > we should binNMU them in stretch.
I'd rather you file RC bugs on them for this issue, and then they should get autoremoved from testing. > Most of the packages in sid should probably be removed from the archive. > I don't plan to do any NMU there as it would show I have some interest > in the packages, which I don't. It's probably better to wait a bit more > to make sure nobody has any interest and ask for their removal in a few > months. Anyway they aren't really a problem from the libc point of view, > as they won't be released with stretch. Ack. Cheers, Emilio
