Hello, On 05/10/2012 04:05 PM, Thomas Ward wrote: > New Updates: > > It may be prudent to deal with the Quantal side first. > > The issue on Quantal is that 7.0.27 has an issue of FTBFS (Fails to > build from Source). It may be prudent to talk to the MOTUs and see > whether they'd support a sync to Quantal with the FTBFS included, and > then backport from Quantal to Precise where it does build. > > This would require additional discussion with the MOTUs (in my opinion), > either by someone here, or by myself, but if they're supportive of the > idea of syncing with Quantal with the FTBFS issue for the sake of > backporting to Precise (Note someone'd need to test build/run this), > then unless any of you files the sync request, I'll file it. > > ------ > > Also, if the FTBFS issue on Quantal has anything to do with Debian Bug > #671999, then that will be available for sync sometime next week. > > ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #671999 > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=671999 That is a friendly non-maintainer upload fixing the missing "#include unistd.h" everywhere that gcc 4.7 requests. Sadly, the patch that should be out is still in. The version I just asked Thorsten to be uploaded closes that bug and also this one (lp: 99179).
To me, the way through Quantal is just fine. Debian does the same with backports.debian.org. What goes in there as a new package is also in unstable. Steffen -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/991179 Title: 7.0.24 "computation error" bug To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/boinc/+bug/991179/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs