Bug#856064: libdbd-mysql-perl: reads of floats currupted as 0

[pali at cpan.org]

On Saturday 25 February 2017 22:45:25 gregor herrmann wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Feb 2017 01:18:04 +0100, pali at cpan.org wrote:
> > But if you are fixing "regressions" from older versions, consider apply 
> > also fix for zerofill.
> 
> Since Debian is in deep freeze, I'm just trying to fix reported RC
> bugs. If you think the mentioned zerofill bug is worth having it in
> stretch, please file a bug with the appropriate severity and backport
> the fix to apply against 4.041 after applying the float conversion
> patch (or before, then the conversion patch needs changes).

I created debian bug 856250, but I do not know which severity or flags
should be there. If you decide to include fix for that bug too, I can
prepare backported patch...