Bug#693208: clang unable to link trivial test program on armhf

[Sylvestre Ledru]

On 14/11/2012 11:45, Julien Cristau wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 09:24:50 +0000, peter green wrote:
> 
>> I have attatched a diff which I would like to upload to TPU are the
>> maintainer and release team happy with this? I have tested that the
>> patch does not break linking on armel with either bfd or gold.
>>
>> P.S. it seems the version in unstable has regressed from the version
>> in testing and does not link a trivial test app successfully on either
>> armel or armhf I have not investigated details of that (IMO fixing
>> wheezy is more important than fixing a package that is in sid and
>> unlikely to make it for wheezy).
>>
> Having a fix in sid is a prerequisite for anything regarding wheezy.
So, to fix this issue, should I do the following ?

* ask for a removal of clang 3.1 in unstable
* upload a version 3.0 in unstable with Peter patch
* ask for an exception

Thanks
Sylvestre