Latent bugs in armel, armhf packages built before t64 transition
Chris Hofstaedtler <[email protected]> Fri, 16 Aug 2024 00:02:41 +0200
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.debian.devel.release,gmane.linux.debian.ports.arm,gmane.linux.debian.devel.security |
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| Message-ID | <Zr57AYhXiL3oi8_d@per> |
Hi, while investigating a test failure in ksh93u+m, it became clear that packages last built before the time_t-64bit transition can have latent bugs. They might very well now FTBFS or fail at runtime (autopkgtest time or later). I believe FTBFS are bugs are probably caught by periodic rebuilds done by Lucas, Santiago et al. However I am not aware of any autopkgtests ran against these rebuilds. In the case of ksh93u+m, the tests pass in version 1.0.8-1 (built before t64 transition), but fail once that unchanged source is rebuilt. I would suggest to rebuild _all_ binary packages last built before the t64 transition to catch such problems, before releasing trixie. I will not pursue this any further but hope the ARM porters can pick up this topic. Chris