[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#570771: Bug#570771: Bug#570771: FTBFS on mips* due to ld bug

[Thomas Weber]

On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 09:24:25PM +0100, Thomas Weber wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 09:38:18AM +0100, Marc Brockschmidt wrote:
> > Thomas Weber <thomas.weber.mail at gmail.com> writes:
> > > On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 01:24:39PM +0100, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote:
> > >> It looks like building without -g might work around the problem, so removing
> > >> the -dbg packages for mips* might be an option for now.
> > > This is only an option if you (or one of the mipsel porters) agree to
> > > sponsor the first upload re-introducing the -dbg package. I'm only a DM.
> > 
> > If noone else is willing to do it, I will upload a package that just
> > adds the debug package in when needed. 
> 
> This wasn't meant seriously :)
> 
> If no mips porter is willing to upload such a package, then we'll go
> without it on mips for the time being.
> 
> > Sorry, I have no octave clue at all, so I would like to avoid any
> > bigger sponsoring steps. Anyway, I think dropping the debug package
> > for mips* should be enough.
> > 
> > Could you do this soon?

Problem: Newer graphicsmagick (>=1.3.8) changed it's behaviour and now
Octave crashes in it's test suite.

Upstream discussion:
http://www-old.cae.wisc.edu/pipermail/octave-maintainers/2010-February/015292.html

	Thomas