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| -rw-r--r-- | open_issues/glibc/debian.mdwn | 26 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/open_issues/glibc/debian.mdwn b/open_issues/glibc/debian.mdwn index ce6ba9d2..331632f3 100644 --- a/open_issues/glibc/debian.mdwn +++ b/open_issues/glibc/debian.mdwn @@ -37,10 +37,28 @@ fail. (Same for `libc6-dev_extra_pkg_install` in `debian/sysdeps/i386.mk`, for example.) Why is this special handling only done for `xen`, but not for `i686`? +> Samuel: Historically because it's done that way in linux-i386. I don't know +> the real reason. + Do `export LC_ALL=C` before building, otherwise the testsuite/make error messages will be different from those stored in the -`debian/testsuite-checking/expected-results-*` files. +`debian/testsuite-checking/expected-results-*` files, resulting in a spurious +build failure. + +Run `debian/rules build-arch DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=parallel=2 [EGLIBC_PASSES=...]` +to build (or `build` instead of `build-arch` to build the arch-independent +stuff, too). Can interrupt with `C-c` during locale stuff or testsuite if only +interested in the build tree. + +Run `fakeroot debian/rules binary DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=parallel=2 +[EGLIBC_PASSES=...]` to build Debian packages or `binary-arch` for just the +architecture-dependent ones. + +The latter two steps can also be combined as `dpkg-buildpackage -R'debian/rules +EGLIBC_PASSES=libc' -nc -b -uc`. `-nc` will prevent the *clean step* which +would first try to un-patch, which may conflict if you have done any edits +apter applying patches. -Run `debian/rules build-arch DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=parallel=2 [EGLIBC_PASSES=...]`. -Can stop with `C-c` during locale stuff or testsuite if only interested in the -build tree. +If the Debian symbol versioning file is not up to date and the build of Debian +packages fails due to this, putting `DPKG_GENSYMBOLS_CHECK_LEVEL=0` in the +environment \`\`helps''; see `man dpkg-gensymbols`. |