> However, that leaves the question why bbc4d71d63549bcd was backported, > although I understand why the discussion is a bit trickier there. But > if it did not fix a regression, only broken code that never worked in > the first place, I am not convinced it belongs in -stable.
Please ask Serge Semin what platform he tested on. I kind of expect it worked for him, in some limited way, enough that it passed his testing. Andrew