Re: glibc's getaddrinfo() sort order

2007-09-06 Thread Joey Hess
Pierre Habouzit wrote: > The point is, there is an RFC, and we put a patch so that admins can > disable it using gai.conf. "There is an RFC" is not always a good excuse for breaking existing systems. "Admins can disable it" is not a good argument when one common class of the breakage is all the

Re: glibc's getaddrinfo() sort order

2007-09-06 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Fri, Sep 07, 2007 at 12:34:10AM +0200, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > the Ctte may want to read: > - http://udrepper.livejournal.com/16116.html > - http://people.redhat.com/drepper/linux-rfc3484.html The first one makes a point to which I party agree, but also disagree. It's atleast in the spi

tzdata 2007g-1 MIGRATED to testing

2007-09-06 Thread Debian testing watch
FYI: The status of the tzdata source package in Debian's testing distribution has changed. Previous version: 2007f-12 Current version: 2007g-1 -- This email is automatically generated; [EMAIL PROTECTED] is responsible. See http://people.debian.org/~henning/trille/ for more information. --

Re: glibc's getaddrinfo() sort order

2007-09-06 Thread Pierre Habouzit
On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 10:04:23PM +, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > Hi, > > I'm not agreeing with the glibc maintainer(s) about wether getaddrinfo() > should sort the results or not. I think the current way it sorts things > does not work at all in IPv4, and I think it hurts more than it does > good.

Processed: Reassigning 438179 to tech-ctte.

2007-09-06 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > reopen 438179 Bug#438179: Please provide a way to override RFC3484 'reopen' may be inappropriate when a bug has been closed with a version; you may need to use 'found' to remove fixed versions. Bug reopened, originator not changed. > reassign 438179 te

glibc's getaddrinfo() sort order

2007-09-06 Thread Kurt Roeckx
Hi, I'm not agreeing with the glibc maintainer(s) about wether getaddrinfo() should sort the results or not. I think the current way it sorts things does not work at all in IPv4, and I think it hurts more than it does good. I'm seeking input from the tech-ctte on how to handle this. Kurt si

Bug#435723: Developer's info (printf with %g causes a segmentation violation.)

2007-09-06 Thread Oleg Verych
* Fri, 3 Aug 2007 09:16:56 -0400, Leon Bottou: > [] > This segfault is a little bit freaky. > The value 9.9991e-05 is important. > If you take 10e-5, no segfault. > A debug trace suggests that printf calls wmemset > with incorrect arguments. I'll try to learn more. Message-ID: <[EMAIL

Bug#441026: fi_FI locale possibly breaks grep, patch suggested

2007-09-06 Thread Petteri Pajunen
Package: locales Version: 2.6.1-1 In fi_FI locale, grep does odd things: echo "w" | grep "[a-z]" produces nothing, but echo "a" | grep "[a-z]" yiels a as it should. All letters except v and w work correctly. This has been reported in #440813. But I found out that patching /usr/share/i18n/local