[php-maint] Bug#570111: Bug#570111: php5: FTBFS in parallel mode: .../usr/lib/php5: File exists

[Ondřej Surý]

>> Yeah, I was hit by the bug when building the last upload but forgot to
>> limit the number of jobs parallel=n can take. The bug occurs on the
>> upstream part of the build system but only with -j3 (well, didn't try
>> with -j >3), -j2 worked fine.
>>
>> I'm going to try to take a look at it but today is a busy day.
>> Hopefully, as long as php is not built on sparc or mips* we are not
>> delaying the transition by making another upload.
>
> 5.3.1-4 is ready to migrate today. Perhaps it would be better to have this
> version migrate to testing, and after that fix this bug and make another
> upload, since we can in this stage of the releaseprocess use the extra
> days of 5.3 being exposed to testing users really well. Another upload
> will take quite some days because buildd backlogs etc.
>
> We could accomplish this by downgrading 570111 to important since, which
> in my opinion would be justifiable since parallel building is not the
> default so it's perfectly possible to build the package. Plus the
> to-migrate package fixes an RC bug in testing aswell. This bug should be
> fixed nonetheless of course, and it will be soon, but perhaps we should
> avoid to block 5.3.1-4 migration on it?

I agree.  This happens only on special circumstances (parallel set to
n>1), so I'm fine with downgrading severity.

Ondrej
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