On 2016-08-31 10:55, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote: > Control: forwarded -1 > https://release.debian.org/transitions/html/glibc-2.24.html > Control: tags -1 confirmed > > On 19/08/16 23:47, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > > Package: release.debian.org > > Severity: normal > > User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org > > Usertags: transition > > > > Dear release team, > > > > We would like to get a transition slot for glibc 2.24. It is currently > > available in experimental and has been built successfully on all > > official architectures. For the debian-ports architectures the > > situation also looks good except for hppa with multiple regressions in > > the testsuite due to the use of gcc-6 instead of gcc-5. This is being > > worked on, and I don't think we should not block the transition on that. > > > > The glibc 2.24 is built using gcc-6 instead of gcc-5, the transition is > > therefore important for the gcc-5 removal. This will be the version > > shipped with Stretch, so this is the last major change before the > > release. Of course we plan to improve things by fixing additional bugs, > > mostly by tracking the upstream 2.24 stable branch as long as possible. > > > > As the glibc is using symbol versioning, there is no soname change. That > > said a few packages are using libc internal symbols and have to be > > rebuilt for this transition: > > - apitrace > > - bro > > - dante > > - libnih > > - libnss-db > > - unscd > > > > Here is the corresponding ben file: > > title = "glibc"; > > is_affected = .depends ~ /libc[0-9.]* \(<</; > > is_good = .depends ~ /libc[0-9.]* \(<< 2.25\)/; > > is_bad = .depends ~ /libc[0-9.]* \(<< 2.24\)/; > > > > This version will also make a few packages to fail to build from source > > due to the removal of deprecated part of the API. The existing binaries > > still work (the ABI hasn't changed), so there this doesn't cause any > > issue for upgrades. Bugs have been reported against these packages: > > #833727 - emacs24: FTBFS with glibc 2.24 > > #833965 - tcsh: uses deprecated BSD union wait type > > #833968 - csh: uses deprecated BSD union wait type > > #833970 - netkit-rsh: uses deprecated BSD union wait type > > #833971 - xautolock: uses deprecated BSD union wait type > > #833972 - socks4-server: uses deprecated BSD union wait type > > #833995 - gridengine: embedded tcsh copy uses deprecated BSD union wait > > type > > While it has been done relatively recently they all contain a patch, so > > I don't think we should consider them as blockers for the transition. > > > > In addition a few new symbols have been added that might prevent a few > > other packages to transition to testing if they pick up the new symbols. > > They are quick_exit for libc.so and nextdown*/nextup* for libm.so. > > Sorry for the delay, I was away.
Don't worry about that, that's normal and good to be away from time to time. > Go ahead. I have just uploaded it. Cheers, Aurelien -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 4096R/1DDD8C9B aurel...@aurel32.net http://www.aurel32.net
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