Hi, In this week, I have been working on fixing debian packages which build successfully with GCC-4.8 but fail to build from source with GCC-4.9. These bugs affect multiple ports of Debian, including MIPSEL. A number of bug reports are already available (at https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?tag=ftbfs-gcc-4.9;[email protected] ). My patches are tested on 3 ports: i386, amd64 and MIPSEL, and I have uploaded patches for the following three bugs:
1. #746868: libopendbx: ftbfs with GCC-4.9 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=746868 2. #746844: fcitx: ftbfs with GCC-4.9 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=746844 3. #746836: cigi-ccl: ftbfs with GCC-4.9 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=746836 These bugs are caused by change in symbols support in GCC-4.9. The fix is done through modifications of "symbols" files. As they affect Debian ports including MIPSEL, fixing them will lead to improvement in Debian port on MIPSEL. At the same time, fixing them is one good practice for me to get more familiar with the whole process of Debian package maintenance. Next week I will submit bug reports and patches for more packages with similar bugs, while more efforts will be put into fixing packages that fail to build from source specifically on MIPSEL port ( https://buildd.debian.org/status/architecture.php?a=mipsel&suite=sid ). Thank you. Regards, Xilin _______________________________________________ Soc-coordination mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/soc-coordination
