[arch-dev-public] fakeroot sysv ipc bugs

[Xavier]

On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Tobias Powalowski <t.powa at gmx.de> wrote:
> Am Montag 09 März 2009 schrieb Andreas Radke:
>> Am Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:00:16 +1000
>>
>> schrieb Allan McRae <allan at archlinux.org>:
>> > Dan McGee wrote:
>> > > On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 4:44 AM, Tobias Powalowski <t.powa at gmx.de>
>> > >
>> > > wrote:
>> > >> Am Sonntag 08 März 2009 schrieb Andreas Radke:
>> > >>> This is a minor update to 1.12.2 - the major change I've done is
>> > >>> the switch to --with-ipc=tcp communication way that should solve
>> > >>> some issues that have come up with recent kde builds. please test
>> > >>> if you can still build all your other stuff with it.
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Attention: Please also take care off all packages that install
>> > >>> files with setuid bit set. Take a look at
>> > >>> http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13444 !
>> > >>>
>> > >>> I could not track down where the issue is and the upstream Debian
>> > >>> developer can't reproduce it while Tpowa and some other could.
>> > >>> Only x86_64 is affected and sometimes files with setuid set don't
>> > >>> get that permission when the pkg gets installed.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> -Andy
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>> upstream changelog:
>> > >>>
>> > >>>  fakeroot  (1.12.2) unstable; urgency=low
>> > >>>
>> > >>>    * Replace and (hopefully) fix broken alpha stat version hack in
>> > >>>      fts_read.
>> > >>>
>> > >>>  -- Clint Adams <schizo at debian.org>  Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:17:31
>> > >>> -0500
>> > >>
>> > >> no signoff, i can'T build kernel and syslog-ng anymore,
>> > >> somehow it creates zombie processes on my system, downgrading to
>> > >> core fakeroot solved the issue.
>> > >
>> > > Completely broken. I can't even make it through a build without
>> > > fakeroot hanging and having to kill -9 the makepkg process.
>> >
>> > Me too.  I guess it is best to wait for the next pacman release to
>> > fix this as building can then be done outside the fakeroot.
>> >
>> > Allan
>>
>> I reverted back to use sysv ipc and added the README file + install msg
>> about sysv/tcp usage.
>>
>> Please signoff -2 release.
>>
>> -Andy
> signoff works again to compile things :D
> greetings
> tpowa
>

Just out of curiosity, none of the devs are affected by the issues
with fakeroot sysv ipc, as described here :
http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13375
?