Status report?

2005-08-27 Thread Nathanael Nerode
-- and that's not nearly as bad as holding up every package on every single arch. Is there a problem which is not listed in the RC bugs? -- Nathanael Nerode [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Insert famous quote here] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Bug#195360: 2-year-old unreproducible bug, can this be closed?

2005-08-11 Thread Nathanael Nerode
It doesn't seem to serve a useful purpose to leave it hanging around. Unless it's reproducible in which case it should lose the tag. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#246689: Surely this is fixed now?

2005-08-11 Thread Nathanael Nerode
PPC libc6 should be built with TLS and NPTL We have new enough GCC now, and new glibc. Is this fixed in the current glibc version in unstable? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#320240: ucontext.h bug also breaks libgc build

2005-08-07 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Ian Wienand wrote: On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 09:58:32PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: If glibc in unstable doesn't require significant fixes to build with gcc-4.0, it really would be a good idea to backport the fix for this bug and the rpc/xdr.h one. I started to try this but gave up quite

Bug#320240: ucontext.h bug breaks apt

2005-08-03 Thread Nathanael Nerode
FYI, this bug breaks the apt build. It is going to stall at least 77 packages. -- A thousand reasons. http://www.thousandreasons.org/ Lies, theft, war, kidnapping, torture, rape, murder... Get me out of this fascist nightmare! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Bug#320240: ucontext.h bug also breaks libgc build

2005-08-03 Thread Nathanael Nerode
So, 496 more packages in the C++ transition waiting on glibc. If glibc in unstable doesn't require significant fixes to build with gcc-4.0, it really would be a good idea to backport the fix for this bug and the rpc/xdr.h one. If it does require significant fixes, perhaps you could suggest to

Bug#308792: Via C3 v1

2005-05-12 Thread Nathanael Nerode
IIRC, the C3 v1 is the infamous 686 without CMOV (reporting as a 686 from the dynamic detection code, but not supporting most 686 libraries). Is it possible that this has anything to do with the problem, considering that things appear to work everywhere else?... Just a guess. -- To

Re: Bug#235759: Comentar on which replacement for German quotes

2004-04-04 Thread Nathanael Nerode
GOTO Masanori wrote: At Mon, 29 Mar 2004 04:23:37 -0500, Nathanael Nerode wrote: as a German native speaker with some interest on typography but virtually no knowledge on UTF-8 some comments: The common quotes in German today are double open quotes (low position) U201E together

Re: Bug#235759: Comentar on which replacement for German quotes

2004-04-02 Thread Nathanael Nerode
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 GOTO Masanori wrote: | At Mon, 29 Mar 2004 04:23:37 -0500, | Nathanael Nerode wrote: | |as a German native speaker with some interest on typography but |virtually no knowledge on UTF-8 some comments: | |The common quotes in German today are | double

Bug#231538: *sigh*

2004-04-01 Thread Nathanael Nerode
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 GOTO Masanori wrote: | At Tue, 30 Mar 2004 10:46:25 +0200, | Martin Schulze wrote: | snip |I have another solution to propose: Provide an upgrade-for-real-i386 |directory, including a README and kernel packages to install before |upgrading to sarge.

Re: Bug#235759: Comentar on which replacement for German quotes

2004-03-29 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Adrian Bunk wrote: Hi, as a German native speaker with some interest on typography but virtually no knowledge on UTF-8 some comments: The common quotes in German today are double open quotes (low position) U201E together with double closed quote (high position) U201C The current

Bug#239555: Sorry

2004-03-27 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Nathanael Nerode, you wrote How about the change I suggest above?. I'm afraid but I missed it, and I am unable to find a previous post from you at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=239555 (Am I getting blind?). No previous post. It was above in the same post, and looking at it I

Bug#239555: libc6-i686: misleading info in the package description, about commercial software

2004-03-24 Thread Nathanael Nerode
posted mailed Mathieu Roy wrote: snip WARNING: Some commercial programs may not work well with these s/commercial programs/third-party binaries/ libraries. Most notably, IBM's JDK. If you experience problems with such applications, you will need to remove this

Re: Using SVN instead?

2004-03-23 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Jeff Bailey wrote: I'd like to put forward the idea of moving the repo to svn (and svn.debian.org). Talking with pere online, he wants to clean up the locales mess in our patches directory, some of which involves renames. renames have bitten us a few times, and it would be nice to Stop The

Bug#231538: *sigh*

2004-03-21 Thread Nathanael Nerode
the problem, why it's 'critical', and why it has something to do with woody. - --Nathanael Nerode -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAXfZ/RGZ0aC4lkIIRAqKDAJ4oCi5OgYuCMBec6EzEEFG9HT0IlQCfZ9dN djzO04onZMcHY9PcxSClXn4= =FXPU -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Bug#230857: libc6: remove /etc/default/{devpts,tmpfs} etc

2004-03-19 Thread Nathanael Nerode
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thomas Hood wrote: | Your patch shows the trouble you have to go to if you choose not | to Depend on the new initscripts. Is there some reason why the | new libc6 should _not_ Depend on the new initscripts? Indeed, after going to the trouble of

Bug#230857: Careful with that shell scripting...

2004-03-17 Thread Nathanael Nerode
This means that the plan to deal with the old devpts.sh should be modified to take this into account. I suggest: * Depends: sysvinit (= 2.85-10) * No longer ship either devpts.sh or mountkernfs. That means that both of these conffiles are abandoned. Because dpkg does not dispose of abandoned

Bug#230857: Correction

2004-03-17 Thread Nathanael Nerode
The correct line is Depends: initscripts (= 2.85.10) since that's the binary package which supplies /etc/initd/mountvirtfs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#230857: patch for thought

2004-03-17 Thread Nathanael Nerode
This is an experimental patch (against CVS) which attempts to handle upgrading from any libc version whether or not initscripts has been updated. It's a little hackish, and it's probably not quite the right thing, and I'm not really up to testing it, but I hope it helps. :-) It does depend on

Bug#231538: Bug status report?

2004-03-12 Thread Nathanael Nerode
GOTO Masanori wrote: At Tue, 9 Mar 2004 05:30:34 -0500, Nathanael Nerode wrote: What progress has been made and what still needs to be done? Apparently current glibc now has the checking code in glibc to prevent it from being upgraded until *after* the kernel is upgraded (to 2.4.24 or 2.6.0

Bug#231538: Bug status report?

2004-03-09 Thread Nathanael Nerode
What progress has been made and what still needs to be done? Apparently current glibc now has the checking code in glibc to prevent it from being upgraded until *after* the kernel is upgraded (to 2.4.24 or 2.6.0). However, as Karolina Lindqvist wrote: You can't install 2.4.24 on a i386 system,

Bug#225822: Before assigning this to l-k-h...

2004-02-10 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Before assigning this to l-k-h, you probably should have tried my suggestion of switching to the userland header in e2fslibs-dev, and if it failed, documented that. The l-k-h people are most likely going to bite your head off for using a linux/ header directly in userspace ;-) -- To

Bug#225822: Before assigning this to l-k-h...

2004-02-10 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Before assigning this to l-k-h, you probably should have tried my suggestion of switching to the userland header in e2fslibs-dev, and if it failed, documented that. The l-k-h people are most likely going to bite your head off for using a linux/ header directly in userspace ;-)

Bug#226540: linux-kernel-headers FTBFS on hppa

2004-01-07 Thread Nathanael Nerode
/debian/linux-kernel-headers/usr/include/asm/atomic.h:144: warning: implicit declaration of function `local_irq_restore' make[1]: *** [fs.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/linux-kernel-headers-2.5.999-test7-bk/testsuite' make: *** [lkh-test] Error 2 -- Nathanael Nerode neroden

Bug#226540: linux-kernel-headers FTBFS on hppa

2004-01-07 Thread Nathanael Nerode
/debian/linux-kernel-headers/usr/include/asm/atomic.h:144: warning: implicit declaration of function `local_irq_restore' make[1]: *** [fs.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/linux-kernel-headers-2.5.999-test7-bk/testsuite' make: *** [lkh-test] Error 2 -- Nathanael Nerode neroden

Bug#223891: the same bug...

2003-12-31 Thread Nathanael Nerode
appears to have broken the 'dmapi' build too. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#6798: Deals with rsh NIS support

2003-12-31 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Apparently a /etc/hosts.equiv containing the single line [EMAIL PROTECTED] used to work fine and is now completely ignored. According to some old SunOS man pages ;-), this is supposed to allow rlogin/rsh/rcp/rcmd password-free access for all users from any hosts in the 'netgroup' list stored

Bug#223891: the same bug...

2003-12-31 Thread Nathanael Nerode
appears to have broken the 'dmapi' build too.

Bug#6798: Deals with rsh NIS support

2003-12-31 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Apparently a /etc/hosts.equiv containing the single line [EMAIL PROTECTED] used to work fine and is now completely ignored. According to some old SunOS man pages ;-), this is supposed to allow rlogin/rsh/rcp/rcmd password-free access for all users from any hosts in the 'netgroup' list stored in

Bug#223441: Way to go for this bug?...

2003-12-30 Thread Nathanael Nerode
If it's setting the stack *limit* and glibc is complaining because the stack *size* isn't a multiple of the page size... Why doesn't glibc round all stack limit settings to the next lower multiple of the page size? Sounds straightforward and safe enough to me. Sort of kludgy, in some ways, I

Bug#223891: Hits kdebase as well as kdeutils.

2003-12-30 Thread Nathanael Nerode
This is breaking the kdebase build as well, in essentially the same way. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#223441: Way to go for this bug?...

2003-12-30 Thread Nathanael Nerode
If it's setting the stack *limit* and glibc is complaining because the stack *size* isn't a multiple of the page size... Why doesn't glibc round all stack limit settings to the next lower multiple of the page size? Sounds straightforward and safe enough to me. Sort of kludgy, in some ways, I

What's new linux-kernel-headers waiting for?

2003-12-09 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Looks to me like the buildds are back, so that excuse is gone. Can we expect a new linux-kernel-headers tomorrow, and if not, why not? -- Nathanael Nerode neroden at gcc.gnu.org http://home.twcny.rr.com/nerode/neroden/fdl.html

What's new linux-kernel-headers waiting for?

2003-12-09 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Looks to me like the buildds are back, so that excuse is gone. Can we expect a new linux-kernel-headers tomorrow, and if not, why not? -- Nathanael Nerode neroden at gcc.gnu.org http://home.twcny.rr.com/nerode/neroden/fdl.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Bug#220232: Patch for videodev2.h time.h vs. linux/time.h problem.

2003-11-20 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Proposed patch for this issue, to go into debian/patches. Simpler approach than Goswin's: in all known cases, videodev2.h has been the problem. It appears to only need 'struct timeval'. 'struct timeval' is the same size and shape in linux/time.h and in time.h. So I just made videodev2.h

Bug#220232: spurious letter in patch

2003-11-20 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Don't ask me how that spurious 'f' got into the copy of my patch which I sent. It should be #else, not #elsef, of course.

Bug#220232: Patch for videodev2.h time.h vs. linux/time.h problem.

2003-11-20 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Proposed patch for this issue, to go into debian/patches. Simpler approach than Goswin's: in all known cases, videodev2.h has been the problem. It appears to only need 'struct timeval'. 'struct timeval' is the same size and shape in linux/time.h and in time.h. So I just made videodev2.h

Bug#220232: spurious letter in patch

2003-11-20 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Don't ask me how that spurious 'f' got into the copy of my patch which I sent. It should be #else, not #elsef, of course. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bug#220399: Glibc people please comment on correct fix

2003-11-16 Thread Nathanael Nerode
guenter geiger wrote: (I wrote:) Hmm. OK, this is the way it is. Linux kernel developers don't like most linux headers to be included directly from userspace. They want them to be sanitized first if used at all; the glibc sys/ headers often include carefully sanitized versions of the linux/

Re: Bug#220399: Glibc people please comment on correct fix

2003-11-16 Thread Nathanael Nerode
guenter geiger wrote: (I wrote:) Hmm. OK, this is the way it is. Linux kernel developers don't like most linux headers to be included directly from userspace. They want them to be sanitized first if used at all; the glibc sys/ headers often include carefully sanitized versions of the linux/

Bug#218627: ...

2003-11-02 Thread Nathanael Nerode
No, the dependency is correct, and is in fact the vehicle to fix a lot of long-standing bugs. Don't include kernel headers from userspace. Also, read the FAQ. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#181493: Release without RPC

2003-10-22 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Andreas Barth wrote: I do make this destinction. But the discussed question is not: Are we going to release sarge now, but without Sun RPC? And precisely why isn't that the discussed question? RPC is an old, tired protocol which should not generally be used. So release without it already.

Bug#181493: Release without RPC

2003-10-22 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Francesco P. Lovergine wrote: On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 02:10:01AM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: Andreas Barth wrote: I do make this destinction. But the discussed question is not: Are we going to release sarge now, but without Sun RPC? And precisely why isn't that the discussed question? RPC

Bug#181493: Release without RPC

2003-10-22 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Andreas Barth wrote: I do make this destinction. But the discussed question is not: Are we going to release sarge now, but without Sun RPC? And precisely why isn't that the discussed question? RPC is an old, tired protocol which should not generally be used. So release without it already.

Bug#181493: Release without RPC

2003-10-22 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Francesco P. Lovergine wrote: On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 02:10:01AM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: Andreas Barth wrote: I do make this destinction. But the discussed question is not: Are we going to release sarge now, but without Sun RPC? And precisely why isn't that the discussed question? RPC

Bug#205691: HPPA breakage and announcements.

2003-09-28 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Martin-Eric Racine wrote: I still think that skiping a supported architecture, as well as the ground rule about syncing everything before allowing a package to slide down to testing, is a REALLY bad idea, especialy for something so fundamental as glibc. I don't think so. However, I think that

Bug#205691: HPPA breakage and announcements.

2003-09-28 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Martin-Eric Racine wrote: I still think that skiping a supported architecture, as well as the ground rule about syncing everything before allowing a package to slide down to testing, is a REALLY bad idea, especialy for something so fundamental as glibc. I don't think so. However, I think that

Bug#184048: ...

2003-08-24 Thread Nathanael Nerode
From the discussion, it sounds like the release-critical aspects of this bug are fixed, and the remaining aspects of the bug are not release-critical. Downgrade anyone? :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: libc6 posix version/breakage

2003-08-14 Thread Nathanael Nerode
, and I suppose it's more honest to not claim to be compliant when you not only aren't, but don't want to be. :-P -- Nathanael Nerode neroden at gcc.gnu.org http://home.twcny.rr.com/nerode/neroden/fdl.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Re: glibc 2.3.2-2 goes unstable

2003-08-07 Thread Nathanael Nerode
versions of glibc from going into testing, however. If you can convince the release manager to mark them 'sarge-ignore', that's probably the best thing to do. (That's what he did with the GFDL bugs against GCC.) -- Nathanael Nerode neroden at gcc.gnu.org http://home.twcny.rr.com/nerode

Bug#181493: Status report? It's well after March.

2003-08-03 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Status report on this bug, perhaps? It's well after March. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#181493: Status report? It's well after March.

2003-08-03 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Status report on this bug, perhaps? It's well after March.

What's going on with glibc?

2003-08-02 Thread Nathanael Nerode
I'm a little confused. packages.qa.debian.org claims that 2.3.2-1 was accepted on 2003-07-18. And that it's out of date on sparc because it needs to be version 2.3.1-17. (?!) What's the status of glibc and what's the expected status in the near future? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL