Debian Bug report logs - #494316
libsmbios: version 2.0 needed for 2.6.26 kernel

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

From: stefan@alfredsson.org

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: libsmbios 2.0

Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 15:48:23 +0200 (CEST)

Package: libsmbios1
Version: 0.12.1-3
Severity: wishlist

Hello,

There seems to be a 2.0 version of the libsmbios tools, available
at http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/libsmbios.git/

(this page is btw not mentioned at
http://linux.dell.com/libsmbios/main/index.html , so maybe you are not
aware of the existence?)

Anyway, do you have plans for packaging this version?

There also seems to be a nice tool, pysmbios, available at
http://linux.dell.com/repo/software/fc9/i386/pysmbios/1.0.0-1.fc7/
that could be included.

Regards,
 Stefan

Message #10 received at 494316@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: José Luis Tallón <jltallon@adv-solutions.net>

To: stefan@alfredsson.org, 494316@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#494316: libsmbios 2.0

Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:03:23 +0200

stefan@alfredsson.org wrote:
> Package: libsmbios1
> Version: 0.12.1-3
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Hello,
>
> There seems to be a 2.0 version of the libsmbios tools, available
> at http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/libsmbios.git/
>
> (this page is btw not mentioned at
> http://linux.dell.com/libsmbios/main/index.html , so maybe you are not
> aware of the existence?)
>   
I am aware, thanks.
> Anyway, do you have plans for packaging this version?
>   
Yes, indeed.
But it will be a completely different set of packages, which need to go
through NEW
> There also seems to be a nice tool, pysmbios, available at
> http://linux.dell.com/repo/software/fc9/i386/pysmbios/1.0.0-1.fc7/
> that could be included.
>   
... but I didn't know this :-)

I'll take a look.
Thanks !

    J.L.

Message #15 received at 494316@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Philippe Latu <philippe.latu@linux-france.org>

To: 494316@bugs.debian.org

Subject: libsmbios 2.0

Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 18:06:29 +0200

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Hello,

Just a followup to the previous request.

The actual package is unusable with kernel above 2.6.25.x.

As Lenny should be released with the 2.6.26 kernel, a libsmbios-2.0.3 package 
should be included too.

Regards,
-- 
- Philippe Latu
philippe.latu(at)linux-france.org
http://www.linux-france.org/~platu
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Message #20 received at 494316@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: José Luis Tallón <jltallon@adv-solutions.net>

To: Debian Release Team <debian-release@lists.debian.org>

Cc: Philippe Latu <philippe.latu@linux-france.org>, 494316@bugs.debian.org, Loïc Minier <lool@dooz.org>

Subject: Re: Bug#494316: libsmbios 2.0

Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:25:07 +0200

Hi, release team


Philippe Latu wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Just a followup to the previous request.
>
> The actual package is unusable with kernel above 2.6.25.x.
>   
That is, libsmbios 1.x can't be used with a newer kernel.
> As Lenny should be released with the 2.6.26 kernel, a libsmbios-2.0.3 package 
> should be included too.
>   
I have agreed with Loïc Minier to prepare a 2.0.3 for experimental,
potentially using the version in Ubuntu as a starting point.


Since we are going to ship with kernel 2.6.26 or newer, we will
certainly have to do something about this package.
Your call: we can either remove it or, better, update it.

I will start working on the new version immediately, just in case.


Thank you all for your work.


    J.L.

Message #25 received at 494316@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Loïc Minier <lool@dooz.org>

To: José Luis Tallón <jltallon@adv-solutions.net>

Cc: Debian Release Team <debian-release@lists.debian.org>, Philippe Latu <philippe.latu@linux-france.org>, 494316@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#494316: libsmbios 2.0

Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:16:37 +0200

        Hey

On Sun, Sep 07, 2008, José Luis Tallón wrote:
> I will start working on the new version immediately, just in case.

 How is it going?

   Bye
-- 
Loïc Minier

Message #30 received at 494316@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>

To: José Luis Tallón <jltallon@adv-solutions.net>

Cc: Debian Release Team <debian-release@lists.debian.org>, Philippe Latu <philippe.latu@linux-france.org>, 494316@bugs.debian.org, Loïc Minier <lool@dooz.org>

Subject: Re: Bug#494316: libsmbios 2.0

Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:22:16 +0200

retitle 494316 libsmbios: version 2.0 needed for 2.6.26 kernel
severity 494316 serious
thanks

José Luis Tallón wrote:

> Philippe Latu wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Just a followup to the previous request.
>>
>> The actual package is unusable with kernel above 2.6.25.x.
>>   
> That is, libsmbios 1.x can't be used with a newer kernel.
>> As Lenny should be released with the 2.6.26 kernel, a libsmbios-2.0.3 package 
>> should be included too.
>>   
> I have agreed with Loïc Minier to prepare a 2.0.3 for experimental,
> potentially using the version in Ubuntu as a starting point.
> 
> 
> Since we are going to ship with kernel 2.6.26 or newer, we will
> certainly have to do something about this package.
> Your call: we can either remove it or, better, update it.

Ok, title and severity of bug changed to match this.

Please ask for a freeze exception once a new version is uploaded.

Cheers

Luk

Message #39 received at 494316@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: José Luis Tallón <jltallon@adv-solutions.net>

To: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>, 494316@bugs.debian.org

Cc: Loïc Minier <lool@dooz.org>

Subject: Re: Bug#494316: libsmbios 2.0

Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:40:41 +0200

Hi

Luk Claes wrote:
> retitle 494316 libsmbios: version 2.0 needed for 2.6.26 kernel
> severity 494316 serious
> thanks
>
> Ok, title and severity of bug changed to match this.
> Please ask for a freeze exception once a new version is uploaded.
> Cheers
>   
Sorry for the delay -- I have been away.

Should have the new version ready sometime today.


    J.L.

Message #44 received at 494316@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "Michael Casadevall" <sonicmctails@gmail.com>

To: 494316@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Updated package

Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 23:25:14 -0400

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I've created a NMU to handle updating this package should the original
maintainer need help with the update. The changelog is as follows:

libsmbios (2.0.3-0.1) unstable; urgency=high

  * Non-maintainer upload.
  * New upstream release for compatibility with
    linux kernel 2.6.26 (Closes: #494316)
  * Changed libsmbios1 -> 2 due to soname change (ABI break)
  * Dropped libsmbiosxml1 - removed upstream (no rdepends in Debian)
  * Removed automatic libtool upgrades as it horribly, horribly, horribly
    breaks the build (Closes: #491795)
  * Added symbol file for new library soname
  * Bumped standards version to 3.8.0
  * Added dependency on chrpath (used to remoth rpaths on amd64/ia64)

 -- Michael Casadevall   Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:28:04 -0400


libsmbiosxml which was dropped had no rdepends outside of this source package

libsmbios1 has one rdepend on hal. hal builds and links correctly
against libsmbios2, it simply will require a binNMU to finish the
transition. Its confirmed to build successfully on i386 and amd64.

The 0.13.13 -> 2.0.3 package has been tested on amd64, and upgrades
without any issues from 0.13.13 to 2.0.3. the libsmbios1 package can
be removed once hal is rebuilt pending this upload.

debdiff is attached between the two versions. It should be noted that
the amount of source changes is actually relatively smaller then it
might first seem since a large amount of the changes comes from
autotools being updated, and libsmbiosxml being removed (which
accounts for 25% of the diff size alone not counting autotools
changes)

Upstream Changelog:
* Wed Jan 9 2008 Michael E Brown  - 2.0.0
- - ABI incompatible, minor API changes
- - sync up libsmbios soname with version #
- - move binaries to /usr/sbin as they are only runnable by root
- - drop libsmbiosxml lib as it was mostly unused.
- - drop autotools generated files out of git and add autogen.sh
- - drop tokenCtl binary-- pysmbios has a *much* improved version

* Wed Aug 22 2007 Michael E Brown  - 0.13.9
- - Fix a couple of failure-to-check-return on fopen. most were unit-test code
  only, but two or three were in regular code.
- - Add hinting to the memory class, so that it can intelligently close /dev/mem
  file handle when it is not needed (which is most of the time). it only
  leaves it open when it is scanning, so speed is not impacted.

Notes:
There are some other outstanding lintian issues with this package that
were not addressed, but they are at best minor, and are not within the
scope of the NMU. If the maintainer of this package however would like
to see fixes for them in addition to everything else, then I'd be glad
to help.

The watch file is currently broken (goes with above).

I have no intention to upload (nor ability, since I'm still a NM) this
package without either approval from the release team, or approval
from the maintainer. I created this updated package as a convince to
the former should it be necessary.

The package itself is available here on mentors:
http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/l/libsmbios/
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Message #49 received at 494316@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: José Luis Tallón <jltallon@adv-solutions.net>

To: Michael Casadevall <sonicmctails@gmail.com>, 494316@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#494316: Updated package

Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:48:46 +0200

Michael Casadevall wrote:
> I've created a NMU to handle updating this package should the original
> maintainer need help with the update. The changelog is as follows:
>
[snip]

Thanks, the updated package was sent for upload about 10 days ago. Still
waiting
 (I already poked the interested parties -- yesterday, to be precise)
> Notes:
> There are some other outstanding lintian issues with this package that
> were not addressed, but they are at best minor, and are not within the
> scope of the NMU. If the maintainer of this package however would like
> to see fixes for them in addition to everything else, then I'd be glad
> to help.
Thanks many. Please feel free to send patches
> The watch file is currently broken (goes with above).
I hate those, and they tend to break
e.g.: imapproxy's watch file, while correct, never works since upstream
likes to release "X.YrcZ" which uscan sorts as newer than X.Y.
> I have no intention to upload (nor ability, since I'm still a NM) 
welcome to the club :-)
> this
> package without either approval from the release team, or approval
> from the maintainer. I created this updated package as a convince to
> the former should it be necessary.
Thanks again. Luk Claes requested an update on behalf of the Release
Team, since libsmbios 0.x can't work with Linux >= 2.6.26. Due to the
rdepend you mention, it needs to go in.


Thank you for your interest and support.

    J.L.

Message #54 received at 494316@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Loic Minier <lool@dooz.org>

To: control@bugs.debian.org

Cc: 394898@bugs.debian.org, 488278@bugs.debian.org, 491795@bugs.debian.org, 494316@bugs.debian.org

Subject: setting package to libsmbios2 libsmbios-bin libsmbios libsmbios-doc libsmbios-dev, tagging 394898 ...

Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:38:48 +0200

# Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.10.26ubuntu13
#
# libsmbios (2.0.3-2) unstable; urgency=low
#
#  * New upstream version (Closes: #494316)
#    - merged enhancements from Ubuntu (thanks, guys)
#  * debian/control:
#    - Drop build depend on libxml2, xml packages since they are no longer
#    supported upstream
#    - Build libsmbios2 packages (soname bump)
#    - Add dpatch to build-depends
#    - Enable building on lpia (Closes: #488278)
#  * debian/rules:
#    - Add dpatch support
#    - Don't clean up ltmain.sh, config.sub, or config.guess
#      as they are shipped in the upstream tarball (Closes: #491795)
#  * Disable manpage and symlinks for now; closes: #394898. 

package libsmbios2 libsmbios-bin libsmbios libsmbios-doc libsmbios-dev
tags 394898 + pending
tags 491795 + pending
tags 494316 + pending
tags 488278 + pending

Message #61 received at 494316-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jose Luis Tallon <jltallon@adv-solutions.net>

To: 494316-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#494316: fixed in libsmbios 2.0.3.dfsg-1

Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:38:09 +0000

Source: libsmbios
Source-Version: 2.0.3.dfsg-1

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

libsmbios-bin_2.0.3.dfsg-1_amd64.deb
  to pool/main/libs/libsmbios/libsmbios-bin_2.0.3.dfsg-1_amd64.deb
libsmbios-dev_2.0.3.dfsg-1_amd64.deb
  to pool/main/libs/libsmbios/libsmbios-dev_2.0.3.dfsg-1_amd64.deb
libsmbios-doc_2.0.3.dfsg-1_all.deb
  to pool/main/libs/libsmbios/libsmbios-doc_2.0.3.dfsg-1_all.deb
libsmbios2_2.0.3.dfsg-1_amd64.deb
  to pool/main/libs/libsmbios/libsmbios2_2.0.3.dfsg-1_amd64.deb
libsmbios_2.0.3.dfsg-1.diff.gz
  to pool/main/libs/libsmbios/libsmbios_2.0.3.dfsg-1.diff.gz
libsmbios_2.0.3.dfsg-1.dsc
  to pool/main/libs/libsmbios/libsmbios_2.0.3.dfsg-1.dsc
libsmbios_2.0.3.dfsg.orig.tar.gz
  to pool/main/libs/libsmbios/libsmbios_2.0.3.dfsg.orig.tar.gz



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 494316@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Jose Luis Tallon <jltallon@adv-solutions.net> (supplier of updated libsmbios package)

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Date: Wed,  1 Oct 2008 1:15:56 +0200
Source: libsmbios
Binary: libsmbios2 libsmbios-dev libsmbios-bin libsmbios-doc
Architecture: source all amd64
Version: 2.0.3.dfsg-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Jose Luis Tallon <jltallon@adv-solutions.net>
Changed-By: Jose Luis Tallon <jltallon@adv-solutions.net>
Description: 
 libsmbios-bin - Provide access to (SM)BIOS information -- utility binaries
 libsmbios-dev - Provide access to (SM)BIOS information - development files
 libsmbios-doc - Access to (SM)BIOS information in an OS-indepent way (docs)
 libsmbios2 - Provide access to (SM)BIOS information -- dynamic library
Closes: 394898 488278 491795 494316
Changes: 
 libsmbios (2.0.3.dfsg-1) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   [ Jose Luis Tallon ]
   * New upstream version (Closes: #494316)
     - merged enhancements from Ubuntu (thanks, guys)
 .
   * debian/control:
     - Drop build depend on libxml2, xml packages since they are no longer
     supported upstream
     - Build libsmbios2 packages (soname bump)
     - Add dpatch to build-depends
     - Enable building on lpia (Closes: #488278)
 .
   * debian/rules:
     - Add dpatch support
     - Don't clean up ltmain.sh, config.sub, or config.guess
       as they are shipped in the upstream tarball (Closes: #491795)
 .
   * Additions:
     - removed (lib)smbiosxml.pc; it isn't needed anymore
 .
   [ Loic Minier ]
   * Add empty dpatch 00list.
   * Add myself as Uploader.
   * Wrap build-deps and deps.
   * Drop useless debian/*.dirs.
   * Cleanup rules; drop useless vars, commented out sample constructs etc.
   * Pass -s to dh_* in binary-arch; call dh_testroot, and dh_install*,
     _compress, _fixperms, _installdeb, _gencontrol, _md5sums, _builddeb in
     binary-indep (with -i).
   * Drop useless dh_installdirs, dh_installexamples and dh_link calls.
   * Actually pass CFLAGS to ./configure; set LDFLAGS in the same way.
   * Prepend -z defs to LDFLAGS for safety with --as-needed.
   * Move configure flags to their own var, configure_flags.
   * Only pass --host to configure if DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE and DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE
     differ.
   * Honor distclean exit status.
   * Drop configure from .PHONY, no such target.
   * Add patch and unpatch to .PHONY as dpatch.make doesn't do so.
   * Drop debian/README.Debian which only has a description of the packages and
     still listed libsmbiosxml.
   * Cleanup watch file.
   * Drop maintainer scripts which were mostly unused except for a manual
     ldconfig call which is handled by debhelper anyway.
   * Drop --disable-rpath configure flag; doesn't seem to be supported.
   * Drop duplicate dh_installman call and move man page symlinks to
     binary-arch.
   * Refactor man page symlinks shell snippet.
   * Drop useless debian/libsmbios-bin.docs.
   * Cleanup debian/Makefile.
   * Fix watch file.
   * Cleanup debian/*.install files.
   * Add ${shlibs:Depends} and ${misc:Depends} to libsmbios-dev.
   * Don't fixup the perms or include/smbios; these should be fixed on the
     package's dirs and dh_fixperms will fix them anyway.
   * Let config.status depend on $(DPATCH_STAMPFN) instead of build depending
     on patch-stamp.
   * Bump up debhelper compat level to 5; build-dep on >= 5.
   * Disable manpage and symlinks for now; closes: #394898.
   * Build-dep on chpath and chrpath -d binaries in usr/sbin after install to
     drop the RPATHes on the binaries (usually caused by a broken upstream
     libtool).
   * Do update build/config.guess and build/config.sub; this is safe and
     actually recommended; see autotools-dev README.Debian for rationale;
     ideally, we'd also save and restore upstream's files to keep a minimum
     Debian .diff, but this isn't too nice with the dpatch include.
   * Drop now useless libtool bdep.
   * Mention full download address in copyright.
   * Redo copyright and stop installing COPYING-OSL; do some copyright holders
     research aside of the upstream's COPYING information.
   * Don't ship README which only has licensing and build/install information.
   * Stop shipping obsolete TODO.
   * Jump on the SONAME package renaming train to stop shipping *.la files.
   * Fix snippet to avoid shipping boost_LICENSE_1_0_txt in libsmbios-dev.
   * Run testsuite after build unless nocheck is set in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS.
   * Remove build-stamp in clean.
   * Strip binary blobs from the tarball (hence use a .dfsg version suffix) as
     the upstream tarball includes binary blobs in cppunit/platform/ which are
     memory dumps including a proprietary BIOS; document this in copyright;
     NB: upstream was contacted and will reply ASAP.  Comment out testsuite as
     a result.  Update watch file to mangle version number appropriately.
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