** Description changed: - This is due to the following: + When building packages in a chroot with gnulib testcases for readlink() on a 2.6.39 (Oneiric or newer) kernel, these packages may FTBFS. This is due to the following: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2011-03/msg00308.html "coreutils' "make check" failed on rawhide due to a kernel change in how readlink and readlinkat treat the empty file name. Before, they'd fail with ENOENT. Now, it's EINVAL." This was discovered when preparing security updates for libvirt, but will affect more than libvirt, (see Debian http://bugs.debian.org/cgi- bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=630902). For libvirt, the patch in the above bug can be applied to gnulib/tests/test-areadlink.h to get these building again on newer releases. This is SRU-worthy, as libvirt will not build once the buildds are running newer kernels. If it is not SRUd before the next security update, the security team will do it as part of their update process. Upstream commit that introduced the change: 65cfc6722361570bfe255698d9cd4dccaf47570d
** Description changed: When building packages in a chroot with gnulib testcases for readlink() on a 2.6.39 (Oneiric or newer) kernel, these packages may FTBFS. This is due to the following: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2011-03/msg00308.html "coreutils' "make check" failed on rawhide due to a kernel change in how readlink and readlinkat treat the empty file name. Before, they'd fail with ENOENT. Now, it's EINVAL." This was discovered when preparing security updates for libvirt, but will affect more than libvirt, (see Debian http://bugs.debian.org/cgi- bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=630902). For libvirt, the patch in the above bug can be applied to gnulib/tests/test-areadlink.h to get these building again on newer releases. This is SRU-worthy, as libvirt will not build once the buildds are running newer kernels. If it is not SRUd before the next security update, the security team will do it as part of their update process. - Upstream commit that introduced the change: + Upstream kernel commit that introduced the change: 65cfc6722361570bfe255698d9cd4dccaf47570d -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to libvirt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/817187 Title: change in readlink() errno in 2.6.39 and later kernels causes FTBFS for packages with older gnulib To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/+bug/817187/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
