Hi there! Small timeline update: I'm actually aiming at uploading the new glibc on Friday, 3rd, so two days from now.
> Hi folks! > > As usual in this time of the cycle, the new version of glibc is about to > be released upstream (scheduled next Thursday, Feb 1st), and should thus be > uploaded to the archive shortly thereafter, presumably around Feb 7th. > > Have a look at the upstream changelog if you're interested in the > details: > > https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=NEWS;h=199f079f2764ccd2a1973fdd927bc291fdd1d0a9;hb=HEAD > > Note that we are not impacted by the libcrypt removal as we > haven't built libcrypt for glibc for a while. If some of your projects > use a third-party malloc implementation, see at bottom to try a > snapshot. > > A number of potential issues have already been identified through a test > rebuild done with a development snapshot of glibc. All glibc-related > regressions have been identified and reported (thanks to Ravi Kant > Sharma for his tremendous help on that front), and we're currently > working our way through the list: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.tag=test-rebuild-glibc-noble > > There's a fresh snapshot package available in a PPA: > > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-toolchain-r/+archive/ubuntu/glibc > > (i386 build is currently broken, WIP) > > > This upload usually has the immediate consequence of blowing up the > autopkgtest huge queue, meaning any other package that uses this queue > for its rdep tests will be directly impacted. In addition, the added > load usually means there's a higher failure rate on tests (e.g. timeouts > due to resource attrition). Furthermore, it is possible that a package > built after the glibc upload would pick up a versioned dependency on the > newer glibc due to changes in ABIs for existing functions. In that case, > said package would need to wait until glibc has migrated, which can take > a little while. > > Feel free to reach out to me (schopin) on IRC if you have questions. > > Cheers, > Simon -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
