[Python-apps-team] Bug#682652: Bug#682652: cython: Cython might cause problematic code when trying to build using gcc-4.7

[Yaroslav Halchenko]

so -- here you go -- accepted to experimental ;)  now 1.7~rc1 is
in experimental... would still fail on some ports, but now should be
sufficient I guess for your needs ;)

On Tue, 24 Jul 2012, Andreas Tille wrote:

> Package: cython
> Severity: normal

> Hi,

> there is some evidence that cython from testing/unstable as well as from
> experimental (!) generates code which does not compile when using
> gcc-4.7.  I have no idea whether packages in Wheezy might be affected -
> I guess autobuild-test would have unrevealed this, but it seems it is
> not a specific issue of the software which I asked for help at
> debian-mentors list.  To get the full story it is advisable to read
> this mail:

>    Help needed in gcc-4.7 - cython issue:
>    http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2012/07/msg00408.html

> In the response[0] Sebastian Ramacher <sebastian at ramacher.at> said:

>   As it seems, the fix has been merged after the 0.16 release. The patch to solve
>   this in cython can be found at [1].

>   Until this is fixed one can try to add spaces between PY_FORMAT_SIZE_T and the
>   quotation marks in the file generated by cython.

>   [1] https://github.com/cython/cython/pull/109


> So it would be nice if you might consider an upload - at least to
> experimental - featuring the patch which would enable building this
> project using gcc-4.7.

> In case you have different plans because no other released package is
> affected by this problem please let me know some estimated time until
> you consider fixing the problem.  If it might take longer than say about
> 1 month I would consider releasing the packagin question for the moment
> without Cython support or explicitely forcing gcc-4.6.

> Kind regards and thanks for maintaining Cython

>     Andreas.


> [0] http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2012/07/msg00411.html
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