[Bug 991179] Re: 7.0.24 "computation error" bug

[Dave]

And it's verified that package doesn't have the "bad" patch enabled?
On May 11, 2012 3:20 PM, "Thomas Ward" <teward at trekweb.org> wrote:

> Sync request from Debian Sid to Quantal for 7.0.27+dfsg-3 (in Debian):
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/boinc/+bug/998195
>
> Once this goes through, i'll look into getting this backported to
> precise-backports
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> Title:
>  7.0.24 "computation error" bug
>
> Status in “boinc” package in Ubuntu:
>  Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
>  Hi. Repository versions 7.0.24, (I assume 7.0.25) and 7.0.26 have a
>  known bug which affects users with various hardware running Ubuntu
>  12.04. The bug makes the boinc software unable to process any work-
>  units.
>
>  This is a known bug by a growing group of S at H Boinc users running
>  Ubuntu 12.04 and other Debain variants.
>
>  As soon as there is a version out which overcomes this bug, the
>  repository package may want to be changed.
>
>  Thanks.
>
>  [edit] it seems this bug is only caused by the repository installs of
> Boinc. When one installs Boinc from the Berkeley website the issue does not
> exist.
>  Also, the bug only seems to exist for seti at home users, apparently all
> other projects are unaffected? (I'm now curious it may affect "Quake
> Catcher Network")
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