On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 11:00:20AM +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote: > Source: perl > Version: 5.32.1-2 > Severity: important > X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-rele...@lists.debian.org > User: debian-cr...@lists.debian.org > Usertags: ftcbfs > > perl currently fails to cross build from source, due to a minor version > bump. Whenever the version is updated, the cross compilation configs > need to be updated and this didn't happen for perl. > > Such temporary ftcbfs are usual for perl. What makes this worthy of > reporting is that this version will end up in bullseye. There are a > number of embedded distributions now that are based on Debian and due to > perl's central role to Debian it should be cross buildable in stable. > > The risk of breaking anything by fixing this bug is quite low as these > cross configs are used for nothing but cross building perl and updating > them is a routine task to Niko. I've Cced d-release in case they want to > object now before Niko files an unblock request.
Thanks for the heads up. I had not realised the significance of these cross files in the context of the stable release. Niko, I see there is a debian/cross/extract-config-sh - could you possibly add a note to debian/README.source explaining the circumstances under which it needs to be run? I see there were multiple updates for 5.32.0 so it looks like it's not only with new upstream versions it needs to be run. Probably it needs to be listed at <https://wiki.debian.org/PerlMaintenance#New_upstream_release_checklist> too. Cheers Dominic
