[Bug 1009536] Re: Ubuntu 12.04/7.0.24/ Seti at home

[Dave]

I know somewhere along the way, your bug has been mentioned in this bug.
But this bug is the sru for the old issue with 7.0.24 that was caused by a
bad patch.
On Aug 21, 2012 8:53 PM, "Xclusive Technology" <xclusive585 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Your bug is caused by a broken dependency. THIS BUG YOU ARE POSTING IN IS
> CAUSED BY A BAD PATCH. They ARE two DIFFERENT issues.
> On Aug 21, 2012 8:45 PM, "Jonathan Harker" <1009536 at bugs.launchpad.net>
> wrote:
>
>> This bug is essentially this: the Boinc package in the 12.04 Ubuntu
>> repository doesn't work for seti at home, it produces "computation errors."
>>
>> This is still the case.
>>
>> It does NOT matter what the underlying issue is. The suggested fix,
>> update it to 7.0.27, was implemented and still does not completely fix
>> the bug, which is that it produces computation errors.
>>
>> Just because the fix that was suggested, implemented and released did
>> not completely fix the problem, does not somehow transform this into a
>> different bug. It just means that the fix did not completely address the
>> root cause(s). Creating different bugs for different causes is just
>> needless duplication of effort.
>>
>> If you really think I should be commenting on a different bug, then by
>> all means direct me to the right one.
>>
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>> Title:
>>   Ubuntu 12.04/7.0.24/ Seti at home
>>
>> Status in “boinc” package in Ubuntu:
>>   Fix Released
>> Status in “boinc” source package in Precise:
>>   Fix Released
>>
>> Bug description:
>>   We already had a bug opened for this issue. But it was marked as "fix
>>   released" (I don't know why as no change ever happened to the
>>   repository package)
>>
>>   The Boinc package (7.0.24....precise1) in the 12.04 Ubuntu repository
>>   doesn't work for seti at home, it just produces "computation errors".
>>
>>   The package needs to be changed, perhaps to Debians SID 7.0.27, or
>>   backported from Quantal if that package has been confirmed to be in
>>   good working order.
>>
>>   Currently, 12.04/seti at home and lhc at home users are still unable to run
>>   Boinc without using the PPA alternatives.
>>
>>   -Dave
>>
>>   [Edited for clarity]
>>
>>
>>   Please SRU
>>
>>   [Impact]
>>   This bug affects all users of Precise attempting to run Boinc 7.0.24
>> for the Seti at home project.
>>
>>   [Test case]
>>   Bug can be reproduced by installing Boinc 7.0.24 in Ubuntu 12.04 and
>> connecting to the seti at home project.
>>   Downloaded work-units will instantly error upon attempting to run. In
>> other words the Boinc package currently in the precise repository is
>> unusable for Seti at home, and a couple others.
>>
>>   [Regression Potential]
>>   Quantal has had it's version of boinc changed to 7.0.27 from Debian
>> SID. As far as I'm aware it fixes this bug.
>>   7.0.27 has many upstream fixes for several issues, I think that the
>> change may bring a few new bugs, but should fix far more issues than it
>> causes, again the current package is unusable for one of the largest
>> projects running on Boinc.
>>
>>   https://launchpad.net/~blueyed Daniel Hahler has agreed to sponsor the
>>   upload for SRU
>>
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