Re: uncoordinated abseil transition ( was: Re: Accepted abseil 0~20220623.0-1 (source amd64) into unstable, unstable)

[Sebastian Ramacher <sramacher@debian.org>]

On 2022-08-30 23:24:48 -0400, Benjamin Barenblat wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 30, 2022, at  8:34 AM +0200, Sebastian Ramacher wrote:
> > Reverse dependencies of abseil are also part of the ongoing Gnome 3 /
> > libsoup3 / etc transition. As I'd like to avoid to getting that blocked
> > for to long, I'd appreciate a quick fix for the ppc64el FTBFS bug of
> > abseil. Do you have an estimate when you'd be able to work on the bug?
> 
> On Tuesday, August 30, 2022, at 10:57 AM -0400, Benjamin Barenblat wrote:
> > I'll do it today.
> 
> I had a look at the failing test today, and it appears fairly subtle. I
> think it involves picking the correct memory ordering for atomics on
> weak-memory-model systems, which I’ve never been great at. I’ll keep
> investigating, but in the meantime, I’ve uploaded 0~20220623.0-2, which
> just disables the problematic test. This should clear up the FTBFS.
> Please let me know if there’s anything else I can do!

Thank you!

Cheers
-- 
Sebastian Ramacher