[arch-dev-public] [signoff] libelf for x86_64

[Jan de Groot]

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> Van: arch-dev-public-bounces at archlinux.org [mailto:arch-dev-public-
> bounces at archlinux.org] Namens Aaron Griffin
> Verzonden: donderdag 20 december 2007 7:06
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> Onderwerp: Re: [arch-dev-public] [signoff] libelf for x86_64
> 
> On Dec 19, 2007 9:56 PM, Varun Acharya <ganja.guru.x64 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On Dec 20, 2007 4:55 AM, Jan de Groot <jan at jgc.homeip.net> wrote:
> > > Please signoff version 0.8.10-3.1 for x64_64.
> > > Changes:
> > > - use !makeflags to fix FS#8965
> > > - fix maintainer tag in PKGBUILD
> >
> > Following the recent trend of how we test libs we don't use.. it
> didn't blow
> > up my box, and so a +1 for me. (I can test further if you tell me
> how)
> > Seeing you fixed maintainer tag, maybe you'd also like to change the
> default
> > packager in makepkg.conf..makes it easier for anyone to find the dev
> who
> > built the package.
> 
> This is actually a good point. I speculated that readelf used libelf,
> but it looks like I was wrong.
> 
> Jan, do you know a concrete way to test this out? Otherwise, consider
> a big +1 from me.

Bug-buddy uses libelf for the crash handler, so unless you get crashes when having bug-buddy installed, libelf should be fine.
As this is just a simple rebuild of the same package without makeflags, I don't think there's anything that can break here.