Bug#1141146: tar FTBFS with acl (>= 2.4.0-1)

Helmut Grohne <[email protected]> writes:

> Source: tar
> Version: 1.35+dfsg-3.1
> Severity: serious
> Tags: ftbfs upstream fixed-upstream
> X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
>
> Hi,
>
> tar fails to build from source in unstable, because some of its
> functions clash with the function namespace of acl and the latter
> recently added new symbols. tar needs to rename its own and indeed did
> so upstream already.
>
> https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/acl-devel/2026-06/msg00000.html
> https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2026-06/msg00013.html
>
> Please upload a new upstream version or cherry-pick the patch.

Hi

I took the upstream git commit that fixes the FTBFS, made it apply to
what Debian ships, and uploaded 1.35+dfsg-5 into DELAYED/7.

Salsa pipeline confirming FTBFS with 1.35+dfsg-4:

https://salsa.debian.org/jas/tar/-/pipelines/1140780

Salsa pipeline for 1.35+dfsg-5:

https://salsa.debian.org/jas/tar/-/pipelines/1140782

Salsa merge request here:

https://salsa.debian.org/debian/tar/-/merge_requests/9

If I should cancel the DELAYED upload, or make an immediate upload
sooner, please let me know.

If the upload hits the archive, I plan to push the commit to the Salsa
tar repository (hoping Salsa git hasn't been modified meanwhile).

I volunteer to make other improvements to the packaging of 'tar' too, if
you need help with this.  There is a number of lintian complaints, that
appear valid, which ought to be fixed.

/Simon

PS.  I wonder how 'acl' 2.4.0-1 made it into testing, shouldn't
debci/autopkg testing migration have caught this FTBFS problem in
reverse build dependency testing?

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
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=nNy6
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----