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. -- Ben Hutchings friends: People who know you well, but like you anyway.
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