severity 204844 serious thanks On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 at 10:59:55AM -0700, Grant Grundler wrote: > Package: xlibs > Version: 4.2.1-6 > Severity: grave > Justification: renders package unusable Not for every architecture, just HPPA, so this bug is "serious" rather than "grave". Still release-critical IMO, though. > libXt.so/testing has been broken for hppa for quite some time. > Rebuilding libXt.so with gcc 3.3.x "fixes" the problem. > > First email on the topic at: > http://lists.parisc-linux.org/pipermail/parisc-linux/2003-March/019622.html Thanks for this information. > Error message is "Unresolved inheritance operation" with gv, xdvi, > xpdf, xkeycaps, et al. > > I was hoping for one of two results: > o promote xlibs-4.2.1-9/unstable to "testing" > (assumes -9 is built with gcc 3.3.1) > o bin upload the entire xfree86 4.2.1-6 for hppa built with gcc 3.3.1 > > I hadn't filed a bug report before thinking in a month or so a new > xfree86 would get uploaded and promoted to testing. Hasn't happened > yet (4 monthes later). GCC 3.3 has caused a variety of problems for XFree86 4.2.1. Hopefully the last of these will be resolved with 4.2.1-10, currently in preparation. You can monitor the progress of Debian XFree86 development by subscribing to the debian-x mailing list; the package is team-maintained through a Subversion repository, and commits are posted to the list. > This bug is producible on B180, C3000, 32 and 64-bit kernels. > Most recently, James Bottomley (linux-scsi maintainer) ran into > this when preparing a B180 for HP World to use to present his talk. > He rebuilt xfree86-4.2.1-9 and installed the xlibs*hppa.deb with success. I hereby authorize a binary-only NMU of xfree86 4.2.1-6 for the hppa architecture to be uploaded directly to testing. I *believe* this can be done by specifying "testing" instead of "unstable" as the target distribution in the changelog entry. (The binary-only NMU should be versioned 4.2.1-6.0.1). However, you may want to consult the Debian Release Manager, Anthony Towns <ajt@debian.org>, for the exact procedure he'd like you to follow. -- G. Branden Robinson | One doesn't have a sense of humor. Debian GNU/Linux | It has you. branden@debian.org | -- Larry Gelbart http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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