Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

Mentors, I am picking up work on this package. I'm working through the issues already outlined to make sure they are resolved and all questions are answered. Once that is done, I'll refresh the package if necessary, and inform of the updates and answered questions. Thanks. Barry Arndt IBM

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

Hi, We've made a new upload. Please, consider this .dsc -> https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/c/cxlflash/cxlflash_4.3.2560-1.dsc Thanks, Rodrigo R. Galvao

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

Hi, The latest version of this package fix the issues pointed in the previous comment, as well as other points made in mentors.debian. Here is the link to the .dsc -> https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/c/cxlflash/cxlflash_4.3.2554-1.dsc Thanks, Rodrigo R. Galvao

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

Control: tags -1 - moreinfo src/build/install/resources/{cap,ptd}.gz are prebuilt binaries too. If you remove them too, and are sure there is no other such things, you may change the package bacn to main from non-free. cxlffdc won't work on Debian properly, I suspect there are other things like

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 06:50:49PM +, Michael P Vageline wrote: >   The firmware and prebuilt binaries are covered under the >click-to-accept license. So it's not permitted for Debian to distribute them? -- WBR, wRAR signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 05:03:02PM +, Michael P Vageline wrote: > 1. cxlflash depends upon libudev1 and libcxl1 for their runtime shared > libraries ${shlibs:Depends} already covers that and does the job better. > 2. The include files were modified, so no copyright update appears to be >

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

Hi, This upload has the changes pointed by Michael in the previous message -> https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/non-free/c/cxlflash/cxlflash_4.3.2533-1.dsc Thanks, Rodrigo R. Galvao

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

..@bugs.debian.org, Michael P Vageline <mpvag...@us.ibm.com> Subject: Re: Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries Why does cxlflash explicitly depend on libudev1, libcxl1? debian/copyright is still not updated. Why do the maintainer script

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

Why does cxlflash explicitly depend on libudev1, libcxl1? debian/copyright is still not updated. Why do the maintainer scripts use deb-systemd-helper directly and how does that work with code aded by dh_systemd_*? I think the licenses shouldn't be in /usr/share/doc but in /usr/share/pkgname as

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

Hi Andrey, > > There are a lot of errors in the install_root_man1 target. > > There are warnings about unused ${perl:Depends}. > > > We've made changes that should fix these errors. Could you check it, > please? -> >

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

Hi Andrey, > There are a lot of errors in the install_root_man1 target. > There are warnings about unused ${perl:Depends}. We've made changes that should fix these errors. Could you check it, please? -> https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/non-free/c/cxlflash/cxlflash_4.3.2528-1.dsc

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 10:19:29AM -0300, Rodrigo wrote: > >> I was able to build from the link I sent to you using 'debuild -us -uc'. > >> Could you share with us what's the error, please? > > cflash_block_kern_mc.c:59:10: fatal error: scsi/cxlflash_ioctl.h: No such > file or directory > > We

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

Hi Andrey, >> I was able to build from the link I sent to you using 'debuild -us -uc'. >> Could you share with us what's the error, please? > cflash_block_kern_mc.c:59:10: fatal error: scsi/cxlflash_ioctl.h: No such file or directory We made some changes that fix this build problem. Here is

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 07:23:33PM +, Michael P Vageline wrote: > Your build error is from missing this file: > > dpkg -S /usr/include/scsi/cxlflash_ioctl.h > linux-libc-dev: /usr/include/scsi/cxlflash_ioctl.h > > Are you building using a kernel that is shipped with 17.10? 17.10 of what? Your

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

hi, Your build error is from missing this file: > dpkg -S /usr/include/scsi/cxlflash_ioctl.h linux-libc-dev: /usr/include/scsi/cxlflash_ioctl.h Are you building using a kernel that is shipped with 17.10? > Why do both packages depend on some -dev packages? > *fixed Why does cxlflash depend

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 03:56:59PM -0300, Rodrigo wrote: > I was able to build from the link I sent to you using 'debuild -us -uc'. > Could you share with us what's the error, please? cflash_block_kern_mc.c:59:10: fatal error: scsi/cxlflash_ioctl.h: No such file or directory Besides, you should

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

Hi, > I don't really see any changes and also you haven't answered many of my questions. > Also, the package doesn't build. Please don't upload packages you haven't > tested. I was able to build from the link I sent to you using 'debuild -us -uc'. Could you share with us what's the error,

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 06:36:21PM +, Michael P Vageline wrote: > Why do both packages depend on some -dev packages? > *fixed Why does cxlflash depend on some -dev packages then? -- WBR, wRAR signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

hi, These are all fixed in the latest... once you get the correct updates. I: cxlflash: package-contains-empty-directory usr/share/man/man3/ *fixed I: cxlflash: unused-override hardening-no-fortify-functions *fixed /usr/share/cxlflash/readme.txt and maybe some other files should be

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

hi, >Do I understand correctly that postinst touches /opt? Including /opt/bin? >I'm not sure that's a good idea even if that's only for migration (and >it's definitely a bad idea if anything in /opt is created on a clean >system). >As the maintainer script logic is very

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 02:54:18PM -0300, Rodrigo wrote: > We've made some changes and uploaded it again, here is the link -> > https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/c/cxlflash/cxlflash_4.3.2520-1.dsc I don't really see any changes and also you haven't answered many of my questions. Also,

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

Hi Andrey, We've made some changes and uploaded it again, here is the link -> https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/c/cxlflash/cxlflash_4.3.2520-1.dsc About the "non-free", how does it work? I mean, we have to change some file in specific? (i.e. debian/control) Thanks, Rodrigo R.

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 05:25:14PM +, Michael P Vageline wrote: > > *the software for the firmware images will not be included > Do you mean the images themselves won't be included? > > *the binary images are in the cxlflashimage package, >but the source code won't be included.

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

hi, > *the software for the firmware images will not be included Do you mean the images themselves won't be included? *the binary images are in the cxlflashimage package, but the source code won't be included. Regards, Mike Vageline IBM POWER Software Development

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 03:46:35PM +, Michael P Vageline wrote: > *the software for the firmware images will not be included Do you mean the images themselves won't be included? > *we need to allow the click-to-accept license. It is a typical generic > usage agreement. No fee. >Our

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

hi, > >What are the binaries in src/build/install/resources/ext.tgz? Do they > > have > >sources? > > *they are some specially built utilities with no source. > Non-free then. > I also wonder how does that work with both ppc64 and ppc64el > architectures. > > *this is a current

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 02:24:37PM +, Michael P Vageline wrote: > >Do I understand correctly that postinst touches /opt? Including /opt/bin? > >I'm not sure that's a good idea even if that's only for migration (and > >it's definitely a bad idea if anything in /opt is created on a

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 10:16:00PM +, Michael P Vageline wrote: >hi, >   Thx for your prompt reviews. Here are some more answers: Please don't send HTML emails. >Do I understand correctly that postinst touches /opt? Including /opt/bin? >I'm not sure that's a good idea even if

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

The package ships firmware, does it have sources? If no, the package must be in non-free. What are the binaries in src/build/install/resources/ext.tgz? Do they have sources? I: cxlflash: package-contains-empty-directory usr/share/man/man3/ I: cxlflash: unused-override

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 06:54:25PM +0500, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: > unexport LD_PRELOAD may be a bad idea. Actually, have you tried to build this? fakeroot doesn't work. -- WBR, wRAR signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 09:46:38AM -0300, Rodrigo wrote: > > > > Please switch to the debhelper compat level 10. > > Not fixed. > The debhelper version is set to (>= 10) on debian/control. Is that what you > meant? No, debian/compat sets the compat level. > > > > Why Vcs-Git but no Vcs-Browser? >

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

Hi Andrey, We've made new changes, here is the link to the .dsc file -> https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/c/cxlflash/cxlflash_4.3.2520-1.dsc > > > Please switch to the debhelper compat level 10. > Not fixed. The debhelper version is set to (>= 10) on debian/control. Is that what

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 01:52:04PM -0300, Rodrigo wrote: > Regarding the shared libs, they are installed together in the cxlflash > package, so they'll all be sync'd in the build process. Besides, we commit > to never change a shared library published interface in a way it breaks the > binary

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

Hi Andrey, We changed some things based on the points you made. I uploaded the package again to mentors.debian, here is the link to the .dsc file -> https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/c/cxlflash/cxlflash_4.3.2518-1.dsc Regarding the shared libs, they are installed together in the

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

Hi, Here is the link for the .dsc file in mentors.debian -> https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/c/cxlflash/cxlflash_4.3.2493-1.dsc P.S. sorry for the previous html message, I sent it by mistake. Thanks, Rodrigo R. Galvao

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

Control: tags -1 + moreinfo Maintainer and Uploaders contain the same mpvag...@us.ibm.com email. Priority should be optional. Current Standards-Version is 4.0.1. Please switch to the debhelper compat level 10. Why do you explicitly B-D on GCC 5? Why do you B-D on libudev1 and libcxl1? Why Vcs-Git

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

Hi Fred,> I didn't check deep but I can see that the packaging is not following> the latest policy manual (newer-standards-version) : have a look to this> document (> https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/upgrading-checklist.txt )> to fix this ;

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

Hi Fred, > I didn't check deep but I can see that the packaging is not following > the latest policy manual (newer-standards-version) : have a look to this > document ( > https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/upgrading-checklist.txt ) > to fix this ;

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

Hi Rodrigo, I do not intend to sponsor this package but I'm just willing to help. Be careful to target "Package: sponsorship-request*s*" : the bug as been properly re-assigned to "sponsorship-requests", but it didn't reach the mentors audience as I can tell. I didn't check deep but I can see

Bug#870909: RFS: cxlflash/4.3.2493-1 [ITP] -- IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libraries

Package: sponsorship-request Severity: normal Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "cxlflash" * Package name: cxlflash Version : 4.3.2493-1 Upstream Author : Mike Vageline * URL : https://github.com/open-power/capiflash *