From 1323558c37c04d599fe5fd8e2d058f196af360e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schwinge Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 11:38:53 +0200 Subject: open_issues/glibc: New. --- open_issues/glibc/debian.mdwn | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+) create mode 100644 open_issues/glibc/debian.mdwn (limited to 'open_issues/glibc') diff --git a/open_issues/glibc/debian.mdwn b/open_issues/glibc/debian.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ce6ba9d2 --- /dev/null +++ b/open_issues/glibc/debian.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] + +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + + +# Open Issues + +`threads = yes` is set in `debian/sysdeps/linux.mk` and +`debian/sysdeps/kfreebsd.mk`, `debian/sysdeps/hurd.mk` set to `no`. But this +is only read in `debian/rules` for deciding some `nscd` package issue? + +`debian/sysdeps/hurd.mk`'s `libc_extra_install` for `ld.so`: check with GCC +configuration. + +Could add a toggle to `$(stamp)build_%` in `debian/rules.d/build.mk` to skip +locale stuff. + +`--disable-compatible-utmp`? + + +# Building + +Run `debian/rules patch` to apply patches (instead of having it done during the +build). Then you can edit files manually. + +Several passes: `libc`, `i686`, `xen`; `EGLIBC_PASSES='libc i686'`, etc. + +If building with `EGLIBC_PASSES=libc` (more specifically, without `xen`), the +`libc0.3-dev_extra_pkg_install` rule in `debian/sysdeps/hurd-i386.mk` will +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`? + +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. + +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. -- cgit v1.2.3