** Description changed: - Hi. Repository versions 7.0.24, (I assume 7.0.25) and 7.0.26 have a - known bug which affects users with various hardware running Ubuntu - 12.04. The bug makes the boinc software unable to process any work- - units. + Hi. Repository version 7.0.24...precise has a known bug which affects + users running Ubuntu 12.04. The bug makes the boinc software unable to + process any work-units for some projects. - This is a known bug by a growing group of S@H Boinc users running Ubuntu - 12.04 and other Debain variants. + This is a known bug by a growing group of Seti@Home Boinc users running + Ubuntu 12.04 and other Debain variants. As soon as there is a version out which overcomes this bug, the repository package may want to be changed. Thanks. - [edit] it seems this bug is only caused by the repository installs of Boinc. When one installs Boinc from the Berkeley website the issue does not exist. - Also, the bug only seems to exist for seti@home users, apparently all other projects are unaffected? (I'm now curious it may affect "Quake Catcher Network") + + [Impact] + This bug affects all users of Precise attempting to run Boinc 7.0.24 for the Seti@home project. + + [Test case] + Bug can be reproduced by installing Boinc 7.0.24 in Ubuntu 12.04 and connecting to the seti@home project. + Downloaded work-units will instantly error upon attempting to run. In other words the Boinc package currently in the precise repository is unusable for Seti@home, and a couple others. + + [Regression Potential] + Quantal has had it's version of boinc changed to 7.0.27 from Debian SID. As far as I'm aware it fixes this bug. + 7.0.27 has many upstream fixes for several issues, I think that the change may bring a few new bugs, but should fix far more issues than it causes, again the current package is unusable for one of the largest projects running on Boinc.
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