[ Lamont, can you deal with the bin-NMU request below? ] Hi Branden,
On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 at 04:59:11PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > Not for every architecture, just HPPA, so this bug is "serious" rather > than "grave". Still release-critical IMO, though. Thanks for correcting. "grave - doesn't run on all machines it can be installed on" seemed right only because the offending xlib*hppa.deb will only install on hppa machines. FYI, I'm not a debian developer...just surrounded by them and will someday become one as well...currently still want to focus on kernel stuff. > GCC 3.3 has caused a variety of problems for XFree86 4.2.1. Hopefully > the last of these will be resolved with 4.2.1-10, currently in > preparation. ok. Sounds good. I was able to build -9 on HPPA by re-running "make world" by hand after one edit to build-tree/xc/Makefile. (comment out "make dist-clean" from "world" target.) </rant on> BTW, has anyone looked at fixing the dependencies such that "dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -nc -uc -us" doesn't clobber the previous build? It's kinda annoying to have to re-start a multi-hour build when trying to fix things. I realize this is a non-trivial issue that really has to be driven by someone high up in the xfree86 devel team. The entire linux kernel Makefile/build system was rewritten for 2.6 kernels. And it actually works now. I hope it might inspire someone in xfree86 to tackle the imake/Makefile mess as well. </rant off> > You can monitor the progress of Debian XFree86 development by > subscribing to the debian-x mailing list; sorry - I have to pass....I'm kinda spread thin right now with commitments to parisc-linux and ia64-linux kernel IO stuff. > the package is team-maintained > through a Subversion repository, and commits are posted to the list. I can run builds on 650Mhz hppa boxes if I get pointed at a bk or CVS repository and make the results available via ftp or http. I can't exhaustively test the results though. > > Most recently, James Bottomley (linux-scsi maintainer) ran into > > this when preparing a B180 for HP World to use to present his talk. > > He rebuilt xfree86-4.2.1-9 and installed the xlibs*hppa.deb with success. > > I hereby authorize a binary-only NMU of xfree86 4.2.1-6 for the hppa > architecture to be uploaded directly to testing. I *believe* this can > be done by specifying "testing" instead of "unstable" as the target > distribution in the changelog entry. (The binary-only NMU should be > versioned 4.2.1-6.0.1). However, you may want to consult the Debian > Release Manager, Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, for the exact procedure > he'd like you to follow. Lamont is the bin-NMU expert *and* maintainer of the parisc buildd. Lamont, can you please bin-NMU a new version of hppa xfree86 4.2.1-6 debs to testing? thanks, grant > -- > G. Branden Robinson | One doesn't have a sense of humor. > Debian GNU/Linux | It has you. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Larry Gelbart > http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
