Bug#1060246: perl: proposed patch for perl ABI change due to 64-bit time_t

[Steve Langasek]

On Sun, Mar 03, 2024 at 12:46:40PM +0200, Niko Tyni wrote:
> > Well, this hasn't happened but now I think it's urgent that it happens.  As
> > I mentioned on IRC, we're entangled with gdbm and db5.3 time_t transitions,
> > and we can't safely rebuild perl on armhf *without* bumping the ABI
> > declarations.

> > I can NMU this today if you want or I can leave it to you, please let me
> > know.

> As I already told Julian a few days ago on this bug, any necessary NMUs
> are welcome. Given the urgency we've ended up with, I'd prefer you do
> the upload and take responsibility for any bugs possibly introduced.

Ok.  I haven't NMUed yet because I'm still finishing a bootstrap build on
armel to go with the upload. (Bootstrap on armhf is already done.)  As soon
as it is done today, I'll be uploading.

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