Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.32-16 Severity: serious Justification: fails to build from source
perf fails to build for several reasons. 1. Its default CFLAGS include -fstack-protector which isn't available on all architectures. 2. It has a configuration test which relies on linking with an output file of /dev/null, which doesn't work on HP-PA. 3. The perf events feature requires architecture-specific code in the kernel which hasn't been done for all architectures; thus some don't even have a system call number assigned yet. The first two problems are fairly easy to fix. The third will be addressed by restricting the architectures for which perf is built. Ben. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers proposed-updates APT policy: (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
