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author | Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> | 2015-02-18 00:58:35 +0100 |
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committer | Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> | 2015-02-18 00:58:35 +0100 |
commit | 49a086299e047b18280457b654790ef4a2e5abfa (patch) | |
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Revert "rename open_issues.mdwn to service_solahart_jakarta_selatan__082122541663.mdwn"
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diff --git a/open_issues/glibc/debian.mdwn b/open_issues/glibc/debian.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2ef2c474 --- /dev/null +++ b/open_issues/glibc/debian.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,168 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2011, 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] + +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + + +# Open Issues + +`threads = yes` is set in `debian/sysdeps/linux.mk` and +`debian/sysdeps/kfreebsd.mk`, `debian/sysdeps/hurd.mk` set to `no`. But this +is only read in `debian/rules` for deciding some `nscd` package issue? + +`debian/sysdeps/hurd.mk`'s `libc_extra_install` for `ld.so`: check with GCC +configuration. + +Could add a toggle to `$(stamp)build_%` in `debian/rules.d/build.mk` to skip +locale stuff. + +`--disable-compatible-utmp`? + + +## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-08-28 + + <youpi> uh, the i686 profiles have much more progression than i386 + <youpi> it seems they don't actually run these + <pinotree> youpi: what do you mean with "we don't run those"? + <pinotree> iirc there are three build profiles done, but there are 4 + regression test files + <youpi> yes, but some failing tests are not run in the three build profiles + <youpi> even if they are built for all of them + <pinotree> not even run? which ones? + <youpi> see for instance test-ifloat.out + <youpi> test-ifloat is built in all profiles, but only run in the libc one + <pinotree> don't have a glibc built tree around atm, sorry :/ + <youpi> perhaps because glibc thinks it's not useful to run it again if it + fails on i386 + <youpi> you can check the logs + <pinotree> do you think glibc's build system is that smart? :) + <pinotree> all the builds are done in separate builddirs, so theorically + they should not touch each other... + <youpi> yes + <youpi> that's why I'm surprised + <pinotree> could it be they get not run in optimized/particular builds? + <pinotree> what about linux/kfreebsd i386? + <youpi> I don't see what makes them not run + <youpi> or at least be treated particularly by th eMakefile + <youpi> not run on kfreebsd either + <youpi> pinotree: also, most of the tests now working have been marked as + failing by your patches for 2.17, would it be possible to retry them on + the box you used at that time? + <pinotree> that's the vm on my machine + <youpi> which kind of vm? + <youpi> kvm? + <pinotree> y + <youpi> they are working here + <youpi> with kvm + + +# Building + +Run `debian/rules patch` to apply patches (instead of having it done during the +build). Then you can edit files manually. + +Several passes: `libc`, `i686`, `xen`; `EGLIBC_PASSES='libc i686'`, etc. + +If building with `EGLIBC_PASSES=libc` (more specifically, without `xen`), the +`libc0.3-dev_extra_pkg_install` rule in `debian/sysdeps/hurd-i386.mk` will +fail. (Same for `libc6-dev_extra_pkg_install` in `debian/sysdeps/i386.mk`, for +example.) Why is this special handling only done for `xen`, but not for +`i686`? + +> Samuel: Historically because it's done that way in linux-i386. I don't know +> the real reason. + +Do `export LC_ALL=C` before building, otherwise the testsuite/make error +messages will be different from those stored in the +`debian/testsuite-checking/expected-results-*` files, resulting in a spurious +build failure. + +Run `debian/rules build-arch DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=parallel=2 [EGLIBC_PASSES=...]` +to build (or `build` instead of `build-arch` to build the arch-independent +stuff, too). Can interrupt with `C-c` during locale stuff or testsuite if only +interested in the build tree. + +Run `fakeroot debian/rules binary DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=parallel=2 +[EGLIBC_PASSES=...]` to build Debian packages or `binary-arch` for just the +architecture-dependent ones. + +The latter two steps can also be combined as `dpkg-buildpackage -R'debian/rules +EGLIBC_PASSES=libc' -nc -b -uc`. `-nc` will prevent the *clean step* which +would first try to un-patch, which may conflict if you have done any edits +apter applying patches. + +If the Debian symbol versioning file is not up to date and the build of Debian +packages fails due to this, putting `DPKG_GENSYMBOLS_CHECK_LEVEL=0` in the +environment \`\`helps''; see `man dpkg-gensymbols`. + + +# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-07-01 + + <braunr> something seems to have changed with regard to patch handling in + eglibc 2.17 + <braunr> pinotree: when i add a patch to series and use dpkg-buildpackage, + i'm told there are local modifications and the build stops :/ + <braunr> any idea what i'm doing wrong ? + <pinotree> which steps do you do? + <braunr> i extract the sources, copy the patch to debian/patches/hurd-i386, + add the appropriate line to debian/patches/series, call dch -i, then + dpkg-buildpackage + <pinotree> eglibc is a "3.0 (quilt)" format source package + <pinotree> this means its default patches are in a quilt-style system, and + they are applied on extraction + <braunr> ok + <braunr> and it can't detect new patches ? + <pinotree> so if you add a new patch to the global serie, you have to push + it manually + <braunr> i have to revert them all ? + <braunr> ok + <braunr> how do i do that ? + <pinotree> quilt push -a + <braunr> ok + <braunr> thanks + <pinotree> remember to do that before starting the build, since the rest + assumes the quilt-style patches are fully applied + <bddebian> No push applies them, quilt pop -a reverts them + <pinotree> yeah, and he has to push the new over the dpkg-applied ones + <bddebian> Oh, aye + <braunr> does quilt change series ? + <pinotree> no + <braunr> ok + <pinotree> i mean, some commands do that + <braunr> so i do everything i did, with an additional push, right ? + <pinotree> ok, screw me, i didn't get your question above :P + <braunr> does that change your answer ? + <pinotree> <braunr> does quilt change series ? + <braunr> yes + <pinotree> if you import or create a new patch, it changes series indeed + <braunr> ok + <pinotree> push or pop of patches does not + <braunr> i'm doing it wron + <braunr> g + <pinotree> btw, in a quilt patch stack you can easily import a new patch + using the import command + <pinotree> so for example you could do + <pinotree> apt-get source eglibc # or get it somehow else + <pinotree> cd eglibc-* + <pinotree> quilt import /location/of/my/patch + <pinotree> quilt push # now your patch is applied + <braunr> ah thanks + <pinotree> dpkg-buildpackage as usual + <braunr> that's what i was looking for + <bddebian> quilt new adds a new entry in series + <pinotree> y + <bddebian> or import, aye + <pinotree> braunr: if you want to learn quilt, a very good doc is its own, + eg /usr/share/doc/quilt/quilt.txt.gz + * bddebian has never actually used import + <braunr> ok + <pinotree> it is basically a simple stack of patches + + <youpi> braunr: yes, patch handling is a bit different + <youpi> the arch-independant patches are applied by dpkg-source -x + <youpi> and the arch-dependent patches are applied during build |