Bug#850887: Decide proper solution for binutils' mips* bug

2017-01-12 Thread James Cowgill
Hi, On 12/01/17 14:54, Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer wrote: > I would like to point out that it would be preferable if, in case a patch is > preferable over going back to the last know version to work, either Matthias > or a mips porter points out which of the two proposed patches is

Bug#850887: Decide proper solution for binutils' mips* bug

2017-01-12 Thread Sam Hartman
As a FYI, Matthias wrote to me in IRC just now indicating that he plans to upload a patch in the next couple of days. (He needs to get to the location where he has the right environment before preparing the upload). As such, I'm planning on holding off on calling for any votes.

Bug#850887: Decide proper solution for binutils' mips* bug

2017-01-12 Thread Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer
I would like to point out that it would be preferable if, in case a patch is preferable over going back to the last know version to work, either Matthias or a mips porter points out which of the two proposed patches is preferable. For the time being I'm testing the patch I submited to the bug,

Bug#850887: Decide proper solution for binutils' mips* bug

2017-01-11 Thread Julien Cristau
On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 16:56:05 -0500, Sam Hartman wrote: > > Hi. > I'd really appreciate comments from debian-release on this issue. > Would debian-release like us to take this up? > If so, I have a proposal for how to fast-track this situation, but I am > only comfortable doing that if the

Bug#850887: Decide proper solution for binutils' mips* bug

2017-01-11 Thread Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer
I would like to mention that in my previous mail I forgot another possible fix for this bug: going back to binutils 2.27. The current uploads are snapshots of the next version, 2.28, and whereas the bug in question seems to habe been there all the time it started to affect us since a commit in

Bug#850887: Decide proper solution for binutils' mips* bug

2017-01-10 Thread Sam Hartman
Hi. I'd really appreciate comments from debian-release on this issue. Would debian-release like us to take this up? If so, I have a proposal for how to fast-track this situation, but I am only comfortable doing that if the release team is involved.

Bug#850887: Decide proper solution for binutils' mips* bug

2017-01-10 Thread Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer
Package: tech-ctte Severity: normal Hi! Before stating the issue at hand I would like to address the fact that this issue needs a quick solution as many packages are not able to enter testing and we are near the freeze. I would like the TC to address a solution for bug #844227. It's a binutils