Hi, I noticed the bug while installing the latest Gtk2 Perl module in a self-compiled perl (I prefer to avoid messing up with the system perl). I saw that the system perl does not exhibit this problem, but the installation in "my" perl went wrong due to the bug.
I don't know how much this qualifies as "software that breaks" significantly. After some debug, and some search, I saw that the library maintainers had already fixed the bug, and I thought it could be good to propagate this into the debian packages. And avoid headaches to the next one who will take my path :) Personally, I solved re-compiling the package with the patch. Cheers, Flavio. > Le mercredi 25 juin 2008 à 20:15 +0200, Flavio Poletti a écrit : >> g_ascii_strtoll is broken in 2.12.4, which comes streamline with Etch. >> Patch for this is included. >> >> The implementation has been changed (I don't know exactly when) to cope >> with errors while converting negative values. The proposed patch to >> glib/gstrfuncs.c "upgrades" the function to the correct implementation >> that can be found, for example, in 2.16.3. > > Iâm not sure this bug mandates a stable update. Do you have examples of > software breaking because of that and how? > > Thanks, > -- > .''`. > : :' : We are debian.org. Lower your prices, surrender your code. > `. `' We will add your hardware and software distinctiveness to > `- our own. Resistance is futile. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
