Re: Bug#242865: The "moreinfo" for these drivers/binary executables

[Nathanael Nerode <neroden@twcny.rr.com>]

Branden Robinson wrote:

> tag 242865 - moreinfo
> thanks
> 
> On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 07:24:16PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
>> This is the list of files known to be affected by this bug:
>> 
>> xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/mga/mga_ucodexch
>> xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/rendition/v10002dxcuc
>> xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/rendition/v20002dxcuc
>> xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/shared/drm/kernel/r128_ccexcc
>> xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/shared/drm/kernel/radeon_cpxcc
>> xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/shared/drm/kernel/mga_ucode.h
> 
> I think you mean:
> 
> xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/mga/mga_ucode.h
> xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/rendition/v10002d.uc
> xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/rendition/v20002d.uc
> xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/shared/drm/kernel/r128_cce.c
> xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/shared/drm/kernel/radeon_cp.c
> xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/shared/drm/kernel/mga_ucode.h
> 
> (global search and replace gone wrong?)
Yes!  Heh.  Thanks for figuring out what I meant.  :-)

> 
>> These files all contain binary executables (to run on graphics card
>> chips)
>> with no source code at all.  Therefore they fail the DFSG's requirements.
>> 
>> Luckily, none of these files are actually *used* in Debian's XFree86
>> build, so removing them from the .tar.gz of Debian's XFree86 source
>> should be an easy and trivial solution to this bug for sarge.
>> 
>> (Different copies of the same binaries are present and used in the kernel
>> packages, but those are being addressed elsewhere.)
>> 
>> I don't think, therefore, that this bug needs to be tagged "moreinfo" any
>> longer...
> 
> Agreed.  Thanks!
> 

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