Package rebuilds for gcc bug https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=634757

Mamoru Tasaka mtasaka at ioa.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Tue Oct 5 22:59:43 UTC 2010


Jesse Keating wrote, at 10/06/2010 07:27 AM +9:00:
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> As you might be aware, there was a period of roughly two weeks where a
> gcc build (gcc-4.5.1-3.fc14) in the buildroots for both Fedora 14 and
> Fedora 15.  Items built with this could have undefined behavior, which
> could lead to data corruption.
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> To handle the F14 scene I've come up with this strategy:
> * For things tagged in dist-f14 and no newer build elsewhere, do a bump,
> build and tag directly into dist-f14.  While there is some risk of
> breakage, it is quite minimal and with discussion from QA we are willing
> to take that chance.  This work is ongoing.
>
> * For things tagged in dist-f14-updates-testing, do a bump, build and
> then edit the bodhi ticket to add the new build, and re-push to
> updates-testing.  This work will begin soon.
>
> * for things tagged in dist-f14-updates-candidate, do a bump and build.
>   Then look for an open bodhi ticket for that package, adjusting as
> needed.  If no bodhi ticket is found, do not create a new one, just
> leave the build as is.  This work will begin soon.
>

How does this strategy go for packages that the latest dist-f14 one
was rebuilt using gcc-4.5.1-3.fc14, and there is newer dist-f14-updates-candidate
one rebuilt using gcc-4.5.1-3.fc14 but no bodhi submission yet?

Regards,
Mamoru


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