Re: Fedora glibc development stalled
On 12/04/2017 02:54 PM, Peter Robinson wrote:
On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 1:36 PM, Florian Weimer
<fweimer(a)redhat.com> wrote:
> Builds on POWER now fail fairly consistently due to this kernel bug:
>
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1518707
>
> I'll keep trying, but the failure rate has gone up considerably in recent
> weeks (perhaps additional builders were updated to broken kernels?). I'm
> not even sure if it is below 100%.
>
> The Fedora kernels have been fixed and are in testing now, so I think we
> just have to wait. 8-(
Do they need to be installed on the builders, or just in the buildroot
for glibc to consume during build? If those kernels fix the problem
please file a rel-eng bug [1] asking if the builders could be updated
with the appropriate NVR kernel, otherwise it'll be in the buildroot
as soon as it's stable, or you can add it as an build override.
It's the host kernel that matters because the brk system call is
effectively broken. It shows only up with an explicit loader
invocations, which is why very few patches run into it.
Do you recommend to file an issue now, or only after the packages become
available in Fedora stable?
Thanks,
Florian