[Aptitude-devel] Please giveback aptitude/0.8.6-1 on mips64el

[James Cowgill]

Hi,

On 06/03/17 20:23, Axel Beckert wrote:
> Hi James,
> 
> James Cowgill wrote:
>>> https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=aptitude&arch=mips64el&ver=0.8.6-1&stamp=1488829841&raw=0
>>>ackage tracker
This package tracker is better than the old one on many aspects (easy to
extend, more dynamic, responsive, packed with new features such as
subscription management on the web, team subscriptions, etc.) but should
you find some features that are lacking or some other problems, then
please file bug reports against the tracker.debian.org pseudo-package.
Also don't hesitate to help us by contributing patches for those issues.

Not convinced? Go back to the old package tracking system.
>>> Again some tool in the documentation tool chain segfaults on mips64el.
>>
>> Done.
> 
> Thanks for the prompt reaction!
> 
>> This bug in libxml2 is Loongson specific so it will only happen on
>> some buildds.
> 
> Fits with our observation. Usually when the package is later build on
> a different buildd, then it builds fine.
> 
> But I can't find any such bug on
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?src=libxml2
> Do you know where I can find the according bug report?

Sorry, I think I phrased that wrong - there may not be a bug in libxml2.
It's been known for some time that the Loongsons have issues with
certain newer MIPS instructions (as used on mips64el). I'm not sure if
this bug has ever been fully investigated, but since it only happened on
Loongson I think it was just written off as a hardware glitch.

Yunqiang, did you ever look into it (only asking because you appear to
be a maintainer of libxml2)?

Thanks,
James

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