On Tue, 2020-01-21 at 19:16 +0100, Miro Hrončok wrote: > On 21. 01. 20 19:04, Jeff Law wrote: > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 17:44:37 +0000 > > > From: Peter Robinson <pbrobin...@gmail.com> > > > Subject: Re: gcc 10: Default to -fno-common, multiple definitions of > > > ... > > > To: l...@redhat.com, Development discussions related to Fedora > > > <devel@lists.fedoraproject.org> > > > Message-ID: > > > <CALeDE9Pn=zpqt89f4gsizh7hf_w8ho9yljd1zeymxxat367...@mail.gmail.com> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > > > > > > I proposed a change to redhat-rpm-config to handle this case by > > > > allowing package to add a single line to their .spec file to turn off > > > > the new common symbol handling. Igor rejected that change arguing that > > > > the packages themselves should be fixed. > > > > > > Ultimately yes they should be fixed, but giving a means of easily > > > mitigating the problem while people work with upstream to fix the > > > issues is also useful, it's been a problem for ever and expecting > > > people to fix it in short order is problematic especially when they'll > > > start to be deluged in FTBFS spam within moments of the mass rebuild. > > That was the idea. Provide a trivial opt-out so that upstreams had > > time to fix properly. I even volunteered to add the opt-out marker > > where appropriate to minimize the FTBFS issues. I also volunteered to > > help with the packages that don't honor flags injection. > > This sounds reasonable to me. > > The PR is https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/redhat-rpm-config/pull-request/77 > > I have reopened it. > > The mass rebuild will notify the maintainrs and they can use that macro to > short-workaround the problem. It' also easier to grep from the specs than > custom > patches and whatnots. Yes, the ability to inspect a .spec file for "violations" was also a benefit -- both in terms of what packages are in need of TLC WRT common symbol handling and in terms of finding packages that are not honoring flags injection.
So the question is who makes the final call WRT the change to redhat- rpm-config, particularly given Igor's position? jeff > _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
