Debian Bug report logs - #1065208
gcl: recent libc6-dev change causes XDR support to be dropped

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@debian.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: gcl: recent libc6-dev change causes XDR support to be dropped

Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2024 22:10:18 +0100

Source: gcl
Version: 2.6.14-6
Severity: serious
User: debian-glibc@lists.debian.org
Usertags: libtirpc-dev

Dear maintainer,

Starting with glibc 2.31, support for NIS (libnsl library) has been
moved to a separate libnsl2 package. In order to allow a smooth
transition, a libnsl-dev, which depends on libtirpc-dev, has been added
to the libc6-dev package.

The libnsl-dev dependency has been temporarily dropped in the 2.37-15.1
NMU, as part of the 64-bit time_t transition. This causes gcl to disable
the XDR support. Not fully sure what are the consequences, but it seems
at least axiom requires XDR support.

Therefore please either:
- Add libnsl-dev as build dependency
- Disable XDR support explicitly with --disable-xdr so that this feature
  does not depend on the packages installed on the system.

The glibc change will likely be reverted in the short term, but given
its a change we want to do for Trixie, this will only lower the severity
of the bug.

Regards
Aurelien

Message #10 received at 1065208@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@debian.org>

To: Camm Maguire <camm@debian.org>

Cc: 1065208@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: gcl: recent libc6-dev change causes XDR support to be dropped

Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2024 23:21:04 +0100

On 2024-03-01 22:10, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> Source: gcl
> Version: 2.6.14-6
> Severity: serious
> User: debian-glibc@lists.debian.org
> Usertags: libtirpc-dev
> 
> Dear maintainer,
> 
> Starting with glibc 2.31, support for NIS (libnsl library) has been
> moved to a separate libnsl2 package. In order to allow a smooth
> transition, a libnsl-dev, which depends on libtirpc-dev, has been added
> to the libc6-dev package.
> 
> The libnsl-dev dependency has been temporarily dropped in the 2.37-15.1
> NMU, as part of the 64-bit time_t transition. This causes gcl to disable
> the XDR support. Not fully sure what are the consequences, but it seems
> at least axiom requires XDR support.
> 
> Therefore please either:
> - Add libnsl-dev as build dependency

Sorry that was a thinko. I meant libtirpc-dev.

Regards
Aurelien

-- 
Aurelien Jarno                          GPG: 4096R/1DDD8C9B
aurelien@aurel32.net                     http://aurel32.net

Message #15 received at 1065208-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Debian FTP Masters <ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org>

To: 1065208-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#1065208: fixed in gcl 2.6.14-7

Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2024 15:05:01 +0000

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Source: gcl
Source-Version: 2.6.14-7
Done: Camm Maguire <camm@debian.org>

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
gcl, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1065208@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Camm Maguire <camm@debian.org> (supplier of updated gcl package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2024 09:30:02 -0500
Source: gcl
Architecture: source
Version: 2.6.14-7
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Camm Maguire <camm@debian.org>
Changed-By: Camm Maguire <camm@debian.org>
Closes: 1065208
Changes:
 gcl (2.6.14-7) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Version_2_6_15pre6
   * Bug fix: "recent libc6-dev change causes XDR support to be dropped",
     thanks to Aurelien Jarno (Closes: #1065208).
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