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and subject line Bug#1107128: fixed in elfutils 0.194-2
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regarding elfutils: drop unused gcc-multilib dependency
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Source: elfutils
Version: 0.192-4
Tags: patch
We'd like to remove gcc-multilib. Cross toolchains are widely available
and multilib partially duplicates that functionality. elfutils uses it
for testing. I looked into it and compared a regular, sequential build
to a sequential build with the dependency dropped. To my surprise, not a
single test case was skipped as a result. Evidently, gcc-multilib is not
being used during build. Looking into test cases, the common uses of the
relevant -m32 and similar flags are in comments explaining how the test
data has been obtained. That test data is not reproduced during build,
so the gcc-multilib dependency is indeed unused. I'm attaching a patch
for your convenience.
Helmut
diff --minimal -Nru elfutils-0.192/debian/changelog
elfutils-0.192/debian/changelog
--- elfutils-0.192/debian/changelog 2024-10-22 13:13:50.000000000 +0200
+++ elfutils-0.192/debian/changelog 2025-06-01 12:02:34.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+elfutils (0.192-4.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+ * Non-maintainer upload.
+ * Drop unused gcc-multilib dependency. (Closes: #-1)
+
+ -- Helmut Grohne <[email protected]> Sun, 01 Jun 2025 12:02:34 +0200
+
elfutils (0.192-4) unstable; urgency=medium
* Drop again the build dependency libimaevm-dev.
diff --minimal -Nru elfutils-0.192/debian/control elfutils-0.192/debian/control
--- elfutils-0.192/debian/control 2024-10-22 13:13:47.000000000 +0200
+++ elfutils-0.192/debian/control 2025-06-01 12:02:34.000000000 +0200
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
libzstd-dev, zstd <!nocheck>,
m4, gettext, po-debconf,
gawk, dpkg-dev (>= 1.16.1~),
- gcc-multilib [any-amd64 sparc64] <!nocheck>,
libc6-dbg [powerpc powerpcspe ppc64 ppc64el armel armhf arm64 sparc64
riscv64],
flex, bison,
pkgconf,
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: elfutils
Source-Version: 0.194-2
Done: Matthias Klose <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
elfutils, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Matthias Klose <[email protected]> (supplier of updated elfutils package)
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Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2026 10:41:13 +0100
Source: elfutils
Architecture: source
Version: 0.194-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Elfutils Maintainers <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Matthias Klose <[email protected]>
Closes: 1105011 1107128
Changes:
elfutils (0.194-2) unstable; urgency=medium
.
[ Mark Wielaard ]
* d/p/elfutils-0.194-alloc-jobs.patch: Patch for upstream bug 33580.
.
[ Matthias Klose ]
* Update symbols file syntax.
* Bump standards version.
* Drop build dependency on gcc-multilib. Closes: #1107128.
* Drop bashism from debian/libdebuginfod-common.postinst (Nobuhiro Iwamatsu).
Closes: #1105011.
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