amd64-libs fails to upgrade because of dpkg bug

2007-04-27 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
en the bug doesn't show up. Installing dpkg updates libc6 to etch but not amd64-libs. I don't know how to prevent others from hitting this. Would predepending on a sufficiently new dpkg work? -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: Solving the linux-2.6 firmware issue

2007-01-09 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 03:22:51PM -0800, Jeff Carr wrote: > What is > best for the free software movement going forward in your opinion? Discussing this, if you must discuss it at all, on a discussion list. That means -project or -kernel, but not -release, please. -- Daniel Jaco

Please allow dejagnu 1.4.4.cvs20060709-3

2006-12-12 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
+1,11 @@ +dejagnu (1.4.4.cvs20060709-3) unstable; urgency=low + + * Acknowledge previous NMUs. + * Fix permissions on /usr/share/dejagnu when building without fakeroot +(Closes: #392589, #379809). + + -- Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mon, 11 Dec 2006 09:06:59 -0500 + dejagnu

Bin-NMU debootstrap?

2006-11-05 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
I've verified that rebuilding debootstrap on MIPS fixes #397091, which presumably is blocking successful d-i on MIPS. Would a bin-NMU be appropriate for this? -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". T

Re: Compatibility between Debian amd64 and other distributions

2006-09-23 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
ply to libX11. Or can we do the compile for lib64, use > lib trick there as it is not frozen? I don't think it matters, but it's up to the X maintainers. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Compatibility between Debian amd64 and other distributions

2006-09-23 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Sat, Sep 23, 2006 at 10:29:37AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Sat, Sep 23, 2006 at 02:50:35AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > >> But running Debian binaries on other distributions remains a >

Re: Compatibility between Debian amd64 and other distributions

2006-09-22 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
ectly happy to do this. After etch. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: current blockers?

2005-11-14 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
ten things unblocked. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery, LLC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Please reenable GCJ on mips

2005-10-08 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
x27;s not in the bug tracking system upstream. That's not the same thing. Who do you think would fix it? Hint, probably me or Thiemo. No one else has been interested in working on this stuff in the past. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery, LLC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Please reenable GCJ on mips

2005-10-07 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
ne. You don't get the picture. In fact the above is completely wrong. I recall explaining this to you yesterday. It's a lot of work to fix and no one has done it. That's not the same thing at all. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery, LLC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Kaffe will need a force -- then gmp hint should start working

2005-10-06 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
h in some previous versions of the Debian binutils package which worked around the problem, but I'm pretty sure it's gone now, and it was definitely bogus. The problem is well known upstream and no one's had the bullheaded stubborness to tackle it in several years; it'll be a pai

The status of the etch RC policy

2005-06-28 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
y is set before I have to change the package... -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery, LLC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: T minus 19 hours; outstanding issues?

2005-06-03 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
build on mipsel; security fix, can be > synced after release. If you're syncing security fixes missing on only one architecture, should gdb 6.3-6 go in also? Not a big deal if it doesn't. It's not important as security fixes go. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery, LLC -- To U

Please approve glibc 2.3.2.ds1-22 for sarge

2005-05-23 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
Glibc -22 has finally been built and uploaded for all architectures (special thanks to Ryan for kicking it along). Every change in the package should be suitable for sarge; it fixes one bug, which is not tagged as RC, but various RMs have agreed is important to fix. * Daniel Jacobowitz <[EM

Re: proposing a gcc-3.3 upload to testing-proposed-updates

2005-05-14 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Sun, May 15, 2005 at 12:04:02AM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: > Daniel Jacobowitz writes: > > On Sat, May 14, 2005 at 10:52:23PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: > > Content-Description: message body text > > > I'm proposing the following updates for gcc-3.3 for tes

Re: proposing a gcc-3.3 upload to testing-proposed-updates

2005-05-14 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
nt some other PR number? 14884 is a fixincludes thing. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery, LLC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Proposed fix for ld.so assertion failures for sarge

2005-05-09 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Sun, May 08, 2005 at 01:35:27PM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > At the bottom of this message is a diff against glibc 2.3.2.ds1-21 which > fixes merged bugs 207872, 210840, 274852, and 276384. I spoke with Colin on > IRC and he seemed amenable to this as a last-minute fix for sar

Proposed fix for ld.so assertion failures for sarge

2005-05-08 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
: Dpatch author: Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +# DP: Patch author: Daniel Jacobowitz, Roland McGrath, Jakub Jelinek +# DP: Upstream status: In CVS +# DP: Status Details: Backported +# DP: Date: 2005-05-08 + +PATCHLEVEL=1 + +if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then +echo >&2 "`basename $0`:

Can we move GDB to testing?

2005-01-06 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
Fix printing of fork status messages, and disable them by default (Closes: #254039). -- Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wed, 8 Dec 2004 18:35:02 -0500 gdb (6.3-4) unstable; urgency=low * Backport a patch for a warning about the vsyscall DSO. * Backport a spelling fix for

Re: gcc-3.4 emits large amounts of test failures

2005-01-03 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
ic. > > So what are the tests useful for, then? They're obviously useless as a > gauge of quality, because failing tests apparently don't indicate a flaw in > the software. A little common sense, please? The test results have to be interpreted by a human being. There are about twenty thousand tests and most architectures fail maybe a few dozen. -- Daniel Jacobowitz

RFC: Adding minimal amd64/biarch support for sarge

2004-08-04 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
one objects I will finish the GCC work and ask Matthias to commit it to the gcc-3.4 repository. I understand that it's very late to be doing this, but I think the changes to gcc-3.4 are safe and better than attempting to generate another compiler package. -- Daniel Jacobowitz

Re: Bug#236957: new upstream version is available

2004-03-10 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 01:49:01AM +, Colin Watson wrote: > On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 08:32:01PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 10:10:33AM +0900, Atsuhito Kohda wrote: > > > Package: ncurses > > > Version: 5.3.20030719-5 > > >

Re: Bug#236957: new upstream version is available

2004-03-08 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
week. I don't think bumping up to a new release is wise. Of course, I might be wrong, or the release folks might disagree with me - can I get a second opinion here? -- Daniel Jacobowitz MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer

Re: Hinting openmotif & friends?

2003-12-22 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
buildds from trying to build it. Am I mistaken? Are you saying that the build daemon would ignore a versioned build dependency on said packages? If so, yes, you're mistaken. -- Daniel Jacobowitz MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer

Re: Moving glibc out of unstable

2003-10-28 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 02:17:16PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Sun, Oct 26, 2003 at 06:12:42PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > > As of a few minutes ago, there's nothing left in the TODO file that I > > consider a showstopper (except for the final check of files/con

Re: Moving glibc out of unstable

2003-10-28 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Sun, Oct 26, 2003 at 06:12:42PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > As of a few minutes ago, there's nothing left in the TODO file that I > consider a showstopper (except for the final check of files/control > scripts/etc on non-i386 architectures, after everything is built). >

Moving glibc out of unstable

2003-10-26 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
robably straight into unstable. All comments welcome. -- Daniel Jacobowitz MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer

Re: Attempted analysis of remaining release holdups...

2003-10-04 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
pretty soon; > this is the correct way to fix the showstopper busybox brokenness on > ia64 and alpha, so if we're not going to get the correct fix in, we'll > have to agree on a kludge. It's in experimental, but still in flux. I think it will make the cut

Re: Packages failing to be removed from testing

2003-09-22 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
oval of the 2.2.20 sources from unstable doesn't seem to have caused > > a stir, so this package can probably also go without being missed. > > Sounds okay; you might want to ask the PowerPC first, though. CCing > drow. Not a problem. No one should use that beast any more. -- Daniel Jacobowitz MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer

Re: boot-floppies 3.0.13

2001-08-23 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
ed. > > Due to that, I'm building boot-floppies 3.0.13 now. Below is the > changelogs. > > Quick turn-around, but how can that hurt, eh? Mmkay. Please don't build PowerPC until after dinstall tomorrow, I've uploaded fixed kernels, pcmcia and all. -- Daniel Jacobow

Re: pcmcia modules for powerpc not available

2001-08-16 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 10:19:43AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > It's not in unstable or testing. Eek. How'd that happen?? > > I would guess pcmcic-cs was forced from unstable into testing, causing > the

Re: pcmcia modules for powerpc not available

2001-08-06 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 10:11:02AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > -rw-rw-r--1 troupdebadmin 230508 Apr 13 14:42 > > pcmcia-cs_3.1.22-0.2potato_powerpc.deb > > -rw-rw-r--1 troupdebadmin 41

Re: boot-floppies progress

2001-03-21 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
pies. I would really rather someone fix this, even at the cost of delaying boot floppies further. 2.2.19pre17 is a significant security upgrade. -- Daniel Jacobowitz Debian GNU/Linux Developer Monta Vista Software Debian Security Team "I am croutons!"

Re: reuploading packages

2001-03-13 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
ndle this? Bump the version by .0.1, for a binary-only NMU. -- Daniel Jacobowitz Debian GNU/Linux Developer Monta Vista Software Debian Security Team "I am croutons!"

Re: 2.2r3 preparation

2001-01-12 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
out > 2.2r3 w/o waiting for the kernels. > > Anyone working on this, then? BenC ? Anthony? What's our time frame here? I need to verify that 2.2.18 fixes the current PowerPC installation brown bag. Dan /--------\ /\ |

Re: *Final* 2.2r2 Update List

2000-12-01 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
e get this one instead? Dan /\ /--------\ | Daniel Jacobowitz|__|SCS Class of 2002 | | Debian GNU/Linux Developer__Carnegie Mellon University | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \/ \/

debian-cd cvs commits for ppc and general - needed for 2.2r2

2000-11-30 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
Just a heads-up: we will need to use the CVS debian-cd for 2.2r2, not the version in potato. Should someone upload this eventually? Dan /\ /\ | Daniel Jacobowitz|__|SCS Class of 2002 | | Debian GNU

Re: Boot floppies 2.2.19

2000-11-26 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
> oversight? Or are the bugs still extant? Is anyone working on fixing > PowerPC boot-floppies bugs? I did fix a few of them. The majority of others I am willing to let slide in favor of debian-installer; they'd require major rework. Dan /--------\ /

Uploads currently in incoming for 2.2r2

2000-11-22 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
gelog (security fixes in modutils and ncurses). Dan /\ /----\ | Daniel Jacobowitz|__|SCS Class of 2002 | | Debian GNU/Linux Developer__Carnegie Mellon University | | [

Boot floppies 2.2.19

2000-11-22 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
he base tarball - adbmouse and friends no longer work with the new kernels. * Build with packages from proposed-updates: - ncurses 5.0-6.0potato1 - modutils 2.3.11-13.1 - dpkg 1.6.15.2 (sparc only) - kernel 2.2.18pre21 / pcmcia 3.1.22-0.1* (all relevant flavors) -- Da

PCMCIA build breaks with ppc/modversions

2000-11-20 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
I test it) upload. Yes, I know I'm evil. I could do a source NMU; do you mind, or would you do it yourself, in the next day or two? Dan /\ /----\ | Daniel Jacobowitz|__|SCS Class of 2002 | | D

Re: problems with 2.2r1

2000-11-12 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
1 actually went out, I think) that there was a security problem in bind and that a fix would be available within at most a day - which it was. You indicated at the time that you were willing to wait for it. Dan /--------\ /\ |

Re: preparing boot-floppies 2.2.17

2000-09-13 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 03:43:09PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'm going to have to. I need to fix the make bootable from hard drive > > stuff from powerpc, and I only got the required packages mostly > >

Re: Potato revision 1

2000-09-12 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
day or so, which will need to go into stable - I'll be adding dbootstrap code for it too, hopefully, and make the powerpc port able to make hard disks bootable again. Dan /\ /\ | Daniel Jacobowitz|__|SCS C

Re: preparing boot-floppies 2.2.17

2000-09-11 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
nd I only got the required packages mostly finished today - i've still got one to go. As long as I pay any attention at all I can't break anything that isn't already broken, though. Dan /----\ /----\ | Daniel Jacobowitz

boot-floppies 2.2.15 uploaded

2000-06-06 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
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Re: [dark: READ!] CD images / Re: Formal objection: Changing how the testing of potato works would invalidate the whole test. So please don't change it.

2000-05-15 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
this has been fixed already. Actually, I've told you twice now that it was fixed. Dan /\ /--------\ | Daniel Jacobowitz|__|SCS Class of 2002 | | Debian GNU/Linux Developer__Carnegie Mellon Universit

IMPORTANT - powerpc broken

2000-05-08 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
omehow to blame - I hope... Dan /\ /----\ | Daniel Jacobowitz|__|SCS Class of 2002 | | Debian GNU/Linux Developer__Carnegie Mellon University | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \/ \/

Re: More packages installed today

2000-05-03 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
or at least a day or two after packages are last added before making CDs? Dan /\ /--------\ | Daniel Jacobowitz|__|SCS Class of 2002 | | Debian GNU/Linux Developer__Carnegie Mellon University

Re: Boot floppies okay? (was Re: First Test Cycle starts today)

2000-05-02 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
e may have to > release without arm after all. > > Richard Braakman > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Dan /----\ /---

Re: Please release 2.1r6

2000-04-20 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Thu, Apr 20, 2000 at 07:39:03PM +0200, Richard Braakman wrote: > On Thu, Apr 20, 2000 at 12:49:03PM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > > But in fact most of them ARE ironed out - potato CDs have been made by > > someone or other almost daily for weeks now without major incident.

Re: Please release 2.1r6

2000-04-20 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
ther almost daily for weeks now without major incident. Dan /--------\ /\ | Daniel Jacobowitz|__|SCS Class of 2002 | | Debian GNU/Linux Developer__Carnegie Mellon University | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \/ \/

Re: Stable release management

1999-08-20 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
lso has any number of major problems - including a lack of threads support, and almost complete uselessness on powerpc. Dan /\ /--------\ | Daniel Jacobowitz|__|SCS Class of 2002 | | Debian GNU/Linux Developer