Re: Bug#291631: cmp/diff/etc. lack PT_GNU_STACK header
On Mon, 24 Jan 2005, Santiago Vila wrote:
> > Since diffutils was uploaded the 19/01/2005 I see no explanation why
> > it has the problem unless the maintainer built it on top of woody.
> > (The gcc changes is dated Sun, 9 Nov 2003).
>
> That's the correct explanation, yes. It has never been a bug to build
> a package using stable if the dependencies are compatible with the
Only if everything else is equal. Which it clearly isn't.
The recommended practice *is* to build on sid. It is not even to build on
testing, let alone on stable. Whether building on woody is a bug or not,
well, that's what this thread is about apparently...
Not that this is a permanent bother. When sarge releases, sooner or later
either a security fix or an upload to sid built on sarge (heh) will fix the
problem.
> > Why not just rebuild diffutils on top of current sid and closing this
> > bug ? This has always been the recommended practice.
>
> The recommended practice has always been not to submit bug reports for
> things that would result in a lot of bugs being filed. That is massive
> bug filing, so it should be discussed first.
Sure. How many packages on sid are built on woody, other than extremely old
ones (that could do with a standards-version check and update anyway, so
let's root them out! Bitrot is a real problem, and we know it), and yours?
This is the first time I ever heard of anyone building sid packages on
stable, so I'd guess that's not a very common practice... But if I am
wrong, please tell me so.
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