squeeze update of eglibc

[Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>]

I've started preparing an update to eglibc, fixing the many open
security issues of lower severity than those fixed recently.

I didn't yet had time to test it properly, so I've uploaded my work to
<https://people.debian.org/~benh/packages/squeeze-lts/> so others can
test further and maybe complete the update.  The version number there is
2.11.3-4+deb6u5~benh.1 but the real update should be 2.11.3-4+deb6u5.

There don't appear to be any regressions in compiler warnings, and
nothing went obviously wrong when I installed the new libraries in a VM.

However, for the current version, 2.11.3-4+deb6u4, the build log shows 1
unexpected test suite failure for each of the library configurations:

        Encountered regressions that don't match expected failures:
        bug-regex32.out, Error 1
        
while for my version, 2.11.3-4+deb6u5~benh.1, there were several more:

        [i386]
        Encountered regressions that don't match expected failures:
        bug-regex32.out, Error 1
        tst-cancel4.out, Error 1
        tst-cancel5.out, Error 1
        tst-nice.out, Error 1
        
        [i686]
        Encountered regressions that don't match expected failures:
        bug-regex32.out, Error 1
        tst-cancel4.out, Error 1
        tst-cancel5.out, Error 1
        tst-nice.out, Error 1
        
        [xen]
        Encountered regressions that don't match expected failures:
        bug-regex32.out, Error 1
        tst-cancel4.out, Error 1
        tst-cancel5.out, Error 1
        tst-nice.out, Error 1
        
        [amd64]
        Encountered regressions that don't match expected failures:
        bug-regex32.out, Error 1
        tst-cancel4.out, Error 1
        tst-cancel5.out, Error 1
        tst-cancelx4.out, Error 1
        tst-cancelx5.out, Error 1
        tst-nice.out, Error 1
        
I don't yet know whether these are genuine regressions or due to a
difference in the build environment.  I also haven't carefully reviewed
all the patches to look at whether any further adjustments are needed
due to internal API changes.

I've uploaded my build logs along with the packages in case they're
useful.

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
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