Hi, 2016-09-15 20:19 GMT+02:00 Raoul Borenius <boren...@dfn.de>: > Hello all, > > On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 01:02:02AM +0200, Balint Reczey wrote: >> Dear People of Debian-Devel, >> >> Current Policy (3.9.8.0) mandates discussion on debian-devel@d.o >> before changing packages to ship static libraries compiled with -fPIC: >> >> --- >> 10.2 Libraries >> ... (paragraph about shared libs) > >> I am hereby asking for exceptions for the following packages: >> >> Bug Package Title >> #586572 libdpkg-dev libdpkg-dev: Please provide a libdpkg >> shared library >> #712228 src:ghc Hardening flag -pie breaks compilation >> with GHC >> #804254 publib-dev publib-dev: please build libpub.a with >> -fPIC >> #837350 src:binutils binutils: Please build libbfd.a with >> -fPIC >> #837359 src:ocaml ocaml: Please build libasmrun.a and >> libcamlrun.a with -fPIC >> #837363 src:cpputest cpputest: Please build libCppUTest.a >> with -fPIC >> #837417 src:ctn ctn: Please build libctn.a with -fPIC >> #837423 src:jack-audio-connection-kit jack-audio-connection-kit: Please >> build libjack.a with -fPIC >> #837424 src:portaudio19 portaudio19: Please build >> libportaudio.a with -fPIC >> #837434 src:binpac binpac: Please build libbinpac.a with >> -fPIC >> #837445 src:check check: Please build libcheck.a with >> -fPIC >> #837452 src:simgear simgear: Please build libSimGearCore.a >> and libSimGearScene.a with -fPIC >> #837489 src:antlr antlr: Please build libantlr.a with >> -fPIC >> #837490 src:libpapyrus3-dev libpapyrus3-dev: Please build >> libPapyrus3.a with -fPIC >> #837491 src:libgadap-dev libgadap-dev: Please build libgadap.a >> with -fPIC > > I would like to add > > #837400 src:i2util libi2util-dev: Please build libI2util.a > with -fPIC > > to the list.
Even positive feedback would be nice regarding the exceptions. :-) If no one objects I will start updating the affected packages tomorrow which I'm team-maintaining and which are maintained by QA. For the rest I will update the bugs that the exception can be considered granted. Cheers, Balint
