Bug#704044: ogre-1.8 FTBFS with glibc-2.17

[Thomas Moulard]

Hi,

On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 5:26 AM, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo
<manuel.montezelo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 2013/5/7 Thomas Moulard <thomas.moulard at gmail.com>:
>> Package: ogre-1.8
>> Version: 1.8
>> Followup-For: Bug #704044
>>
>> Please note that due to #703980, ogre-1.8 FTBFS with glibc-2.17.
>>
>> After upgrading to boost-1.53, it seems to compile but linking phase
>> fail complaining about the lack of boost::system symbols.
>>
>> This also make the upload of ogre-1.8.1 blocking for all packages
>> depending on OGRE as the inclusion problem appears also in the header
>> bundled by libogre-1.8-dev. For instance, it cause visp to FTBFS with
>> glibc-2.17.
>>
>> Note: considering this, I think this should become a RC bug but I
>> don't feel confident enough to do this myself. Please change the
>> severity if you can confirm my analysis.
>
> I am not sure about the best way to proceed.
>
> OGRE 1.9 RC1 is out, if you are not in a hurry with this package
> perhaps we can wait a little to see if they release it in the next few
> weeks?
>
> If packages support it, I don't see a reason to continue with 1.8 for
> much longer, I don't think that upstream are going to give any
> attention after 1.9 release.

No, I am not in a hurry (last release just went into testing before
the breakage).

If blocking packages stack up too much I can provide some help on making
a 1.8.0+dfsg1-4 package with boost-1.53 dependency if you want.

Best,
-- 
Thomas Moulard