Bug#856665: jessie-pu: package commons-daemon/1.0.15-6

["Adam D. Barratt" <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>]

Control: tags -1 + pending

On Thu, 2017-03-09 at 19:58 +0000, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> Control: tags -1 + confirmed
> 
> On Fri, 2017-03-03 at 17:07 -0300, Breno Leitao wrote:
> > Hi Adam,
> > 
> > On Fri, Mar 03, 2017 at 05:41:51PM +0000, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> > > On 2017-03-03 17:29, Breno Leitao wrote:
> > > >Package jsvc (commons-daemon) contains a patch enabling ppc64el on
> > > >version 1.0.15-6 (currently on Jessie), but it does not work. A new
> > > >patch required to add functional support for commons-daemon on ppc64el.
> > > >
> > > >This patch is already commited on upstream as in Stretch.
> > > >
> > > >You can find more information about this bug at #856560.
> > > >
> > > >Let me know if I can update a fixed package in stable.
> > > 
> > > We'd need to see a source debdiff for the proposed (and tested) package
> > > first, please.
> > 
> > Sure. This is the debdiff I have. I tested it and it solves the problem
> > on ppc64el, and it does not seem cause any regression on amd64.
> 
> +  * This package is broken on Jessie, showing "Cannot find any VM in Java
> +    Home". Fixing it. (Closes: #856560)
> 
> That sounds a little overly verbose, personally - it's reasonably
> obvious that the package is broken in some way and you're fixing it,
> otherwise the update wouldn't exist in the first place.
> 
> In any case, please update the changelog to mention the fact that the
> fix is specifically related to ppc64el, and feel free to upload.

Uploaded and flagged for acceptance.

Regards,

Adam