Hi stable release managers,
#502435 shows a perl regression with Time::HiRes alarms and kernels >=
2.6.22, including the Etch-And-A-Half 2.6.24.
Would it be possible to get an updated version with the attached debdiff
into the next point release?
Some details can be found in
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=34655
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=35bab756b49bd148760a3bbd3c907cd74754dbb4
Cheers,
--
Niko Tyni [EMAIL PROTECTED]
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 995891c..531fa5e 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+perl (5.8.8-7etch4) stable; urgency=low
+
+ * Suppress Configure test for ualarm() so that setitimer() emulation
+ is used. This fixes Time::HiRes breakage with kernels >= 2.6.22,
+ including the Etch-And-A-Half one. (Closes: #502435)
+
+ -- Niko Tyni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:53:49 +0300
+
perl (5.8.8-7etch3) stable-security; urgency=high
* Actually apply the patch to fix CVE-2008-1927, a heap overflow in the
diff --git a/debian/config.debian b/debian/config.debian
index b944bd9..a388d6c 100644
--- a/debian/config.debian
+++ b/debian/config.debian
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ eval /bin/bash Configure \
-Dpager=/usr/bin/sensible-pager \
-Uafs \
-Ud_csh \
+ -Ud_ualarm \
-Uusesfio \
-Uusenm \
$opts -des
