Re: tracking packages using (temporary) work-arounds to build
On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 04:15:43PM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In 2011, Matthias Klose wrote:
>
> > Some packages use work-arounds to prevent build failures, because
> > these expose bugs in the build tools; these work-arounds are usually
> > not reverted, and not tracked, or badly tracked (changelogs
> > commenting on "new version of gcc").
> >
> > These work-arounds should be tracked in the package applying the
> > work-around, and having `blocked-by' link to the relevant bug report
> > of the build tool.
What developers would really need is an easy way to apply patches selectively on the
version of gcc used. This would help backport but also situation were the gcc version
is not the same on all Debian architecture.
Cheers,
--
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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