On 18/02/08 at 22:20 +0200, Niko Tyni wrote: > On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 09:39:42AM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > On Thu, 14 Feb 2008, Niko Tyni wrote: > > > I run a few greps on debian/rules of the source packages of all the > > > binary packages matching '-perl' in unstable. Results: at least 398 > > > arch:all and 38 arch:any packages apparently do an unconditional rmdir > > > for the empty directory. > > > > I tend to disagree. The number are big but the fix is easy. I'd suggest > > to work with Lucas to do a full rebuild with perl 5.10 and submit those > > 400 bugs right now with severity important. Also usertag them to be able > > to follow the evolution. > > > > Then make an announce on d-d-a with a list of maintainers that have to > > update their packages. Also inform that an NMU campaign may be done on > > those bugs (even before they become RC). > > > > In fact, you can already post the dd-list you prepared together with > > detailed explanations on the nature of the problem on d-d-a. > > Done, although I settled for debian-devel (and debian-perl as a spam > filter ate the X-Debbugs-Cc of this bug) at this point. > > Lucas, could you please help with the test rebuilds?
Well, 400 packages isn't really a lot. With a fast computer, they probably wouldn't take more than a day to build. > A full archive rebuild with perl 5.10 from experimental > is going to need some bootstrapping, as outlined in > http://wiki.debian.org/Perl5.10Transition . In particular, the > libxml-parser-perl dependency loop is going to require manual attention. My process for rebuilds doesn't support bootstrapping: the chroot has to be the same for all the packages I'm building. If the number of packages to bootstrap is small, it's probably simpler to just build those packages manually, and then build all the other packages in a chroot with those bootstraped packages installed. > I think it would make sense to get the uninstallable arch:any packages > rebuilt first with the ExtUtils::Install change reverted to get around > the 'empty rmdir' issue when bootstrapping. > > It would of course be also interesting to compare the list packages that > FTBFS with and without the ExtUtils::Install change. ... but I can do two rebuilds, with two different chroots, if needed. For each rebuild, I would need you to provide debs for i386 for all packages that differ from their version in unstable. Ideally, I would just have to dpkg -i *deb ; apt-get -f install, save the chroot, rebuild the packages. Also, I would need the list of packages you want me to rebuild. -- | Lucas Nussbaum | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
