Bug#686868: unblock: pcp/3.6.5

[Nathan Scott <nathans@debian.org>]

Hi guys!

----- Original Message -----
> Control: tag -1 moreinfo
> 
> On Thu, Sep  6, 2012 at 22:05:41 +0200, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote:
> 
> > Package: release.debian.org
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > Hi,
> > please unblock pcp 3.6.5. It fixes several security issues.

BTW, there was a comment earlier saying that 3.6.5 only fixes
security issues - that's a misunderstanding, I believe.  This
was a regular PCP minor release, and included those security
fixes (just happened to be the next bug-fix point release).

I did backport the fixes to squeeze, although I can't offer to
do that again (its time consuming, and I don't have spare time
atm).  Others might prefer that approach, and could take on a
similar backport.  I wouldn't recommend that approach however,
as alot of testing is required (& has been done on 3.6.5).

> The shlibs information for libpcp-pmda3 needs to be updated for the
> new pmdaEventNewActiveQueue function.

Strictly speaking that is certainly correct, and should be fixed
in a future PCP update.  However, this NewActiveQueue function
is for a special/experimental use-case.  From the changelog:

    - ...
    - Added an interface to allow PMDAs to register event queues
      with existing clients (pmdaEventNewActiveQueue).
    - Initial version of the (experimental) bash tracing PMDA.

This "bash tracing PMDA" is the only code using that interface,
and it is a new, experimental PMDA (only "optional" to use).

So, if you're looking for a maintainer opinion, my preference
is to go with 3.6.5 as is.  A separate bug should be opened for
the new symbol shlibs issue (a patch would be lovely too ;)

Thanks for following up on this Moritz, it'd completely fallen
off my radar.

cheers.

--
Nathan