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Hey all, |
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now that upstream has already released glibc-2.27, we should think about |
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getting glibc-2.26 stable soon. That, however, means work for all of us. |
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Typical problems: |
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* Build failures because xlocale.h is gone |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org/638010 |
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Fix: include locale.h instead |
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* Build failures, undefined reference to 'minor' / 'major' |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org/575232 |
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Fix: additionally include sys/sysmacros.h |
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No, we can't delay this further; the inclusion is (finally) |
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also upstream gone in 2.28. Everything we fix now will for |
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sure save us trouble later. |
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* Build failures because of missing rpc support in glibc |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org/381391 |
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See the following wiki page for information: |
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https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Toolchain/RPC_implementation |
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* Build failures because of missing NIS support |
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After fixing rpc support, add a dependency on net-libs/libnsl |
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(unconditionally). |
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* Some internal type definitions have changed, which may lead |
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to more obscure build problems (rare). |
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Please test and fix bugs!!! |
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If you want to update your otherwise stable system, please |
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keyword the following (otherwise you'll get blockers): |
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~sys-libs/glibc-2.26 |
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=net-libs/libnsl-1* |
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=net-libs/rpcsvc-proto-1* |
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This should be safe for amd64 and x86; for other arches it doesn't hurt to ask |
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in #gentoo-toolchain or test in a chroot first. DON'T UPGRADE WITH MIPS OR |
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SPARC YET. |
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Feel free to try emerging sys-libs/glibc with FEATURES=test |
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(that takes a while). On amd64/x86, nearly all of the ~4000 tests succeed; I |
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know of the following problems: |
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* elf/tst-prelink-cmp fails, still needs analysis |
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* only with gcc-7.3.0, six tests math/test-?float128* fail (with my CFLAGS) |
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This is a gcc regression (miscompilation of truncf128), already submitted |
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upstream. |
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In any case, I think this still looks nice: |
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Summary of test results: |
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7 FAIL |
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4109 PASS |
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11 UNSUPPORTED |
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29 XFAIL |
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2 XPASS |
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Other arches may show more test failures; please file separate bugs per arch; |
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see https://bugs.gentoo.org/634988#c1 for what is needed for a useful report. |
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Stabilization tracker (fresh and largely yet empty): |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=glibc-2.26-stable |
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General issue tracker: |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=glibc-2.26 |
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Cheers, |
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Andreas |
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Andreas K. Hüttel |
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dilfridge@g.o |
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Gentoo Linux developer |
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(council, toolchain, perl, libreoffice, comrel) |
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