Re: Exception for shipping shared libraries compiled with -fPIC for multiple packages

[Bálint Réczey <balint@balintreczey.hu>]

Hi,

2016-09-15 20:19 GMT+02:00 Raoul Borenius <borenius@dfn.de>:
> Hello all,
>
> On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 01:02:02AM +0200, Balint Reczey wrote:
>> Dear People of Debian-Devel,
>>
>> Current Policy (3.9.8.0) mandates discussion on debian-devel@d.o
>> before changing packages to ship static libraries compiled with -fPIC:
>>
>> ---
>> 10.2 Libraries
>> ... (paragraph about shared libs)
>
>> I am hereby asking for exceptions for the following packages:
>>
>>   Bug              Package                                             Title
>> #586572 libdpkg-dev                   libdpkg-dev: Please provide a libdpkg shared library
>> #712228 src:ghc                       Hardening flag -pie breaks compilation with GHC
>> #804254 publib-dev                    publib-dev: please build libpub.a with -fPIC
>> #837350 src:binutils                  binutils: Please build libbfd.a with -fPIC
>> #837359 src:ocaml                     ocaml: Please build libasmrun.a and libcamlrun.a with -fPIC
>> #837363 src:cpputest                  cpputest: Please build libCppUTest.a with -fPIC
>> #837417 src:ctn                       ctn: Please build libctn.a with -fPIC
>> #837423 src:jack-audio-connection-kit jack-audio-connection-kit: Please build libjack.a with -fPIC
>> #837424 src:portaudio19               portaudio19: Please build libportaudio.a with -fPIC
>> #837434 src:binpac                    binpac: Please build libbinpac.a with -fPIC
>> #837445 src:check                     check: Please build libcheck.a with -fPIC
>> #837452 src:simgear                   simgear: Please build libSimGearCore.a and libSimGearScene.a with -fPIC
>> #837489 src:antlr                     antlr: Please build libantlr.a with -fPIC
>> #837490 src:libpapyrus3-dev           libpapyrus3-dev: Please build libPapyrus3.a with -fPIC
>> #837491 src:libgadap-dev              libgadap-dev: Please build libgadap.a with -fPIC
>
> I would like to add
>
> #837400 src:i2util                    libi2util-dev: Please build libI2util.a with -fPIC
>
> to the list.


Even positive feedback would be nice regarding the exceptions. :-)

If no one objects I will start updating the affected packages tomorrow which I'm
team-maintaining and which are maintained by QA.
For the rest I will update the bugs that the exception can be
considered granted.

Cheers,
Balint