[Bug 1913321] Re: [MIR] iniparser (dependency of mtd-utils)
Christian Ehrhardt
1913321 at bugs.launchpad.net
Tue Feb 16 15:47:15 UTC 2021
mtd-utils is just here for tracking, it needs no review.
iniparser does need one and ddstreet is already assigned.
** Changed in: mtd-utils (Ubuntu Hirsute)
Status: New => Incomplete
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Title:
[MIR] iniparser (dependency of mtd-utils)
Status in iniparser package in Ubuntu:
New
Status in mtd-utils package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Status in iniparser source package in Hirsute:
New
Status in mtd-utils source package in Hirsute:
Incomplete
Bug description:
[MIR] iniparser (dependency of mtd-utils)
[Availability]
✓ The package is in universe.
[Rationale]
✓ The package is a new build dependency of a package that we already
support (mtd-utils).
[Security]
✓ No CVEs
✓ No openwall
✓ No security relevant binaries
- The github has several items of interest - commits not yet in Debian /
Ubuntu that address buffer overflows, not-yet-merged fixes for missing
null pointer checks/memory leaks, plus more issues filed with typical C
code null checks / off by ones. Could be OK with some updates to
address the known issues.
[Quality assurance]
✓ Used package with minimal effort. Provides a doc package, and the
header file for the lib has the same content. API behaves mostly as
expected and was easy to use just based on the header file.
✓ No debconf usage
✓ No long-term usability affecting bugs
✓ No Debian/Ubuntu bugs aside from this MIR
- Upstream bugs of interest present, see security section above
- Packaging in Debian seems mostly fine, but I noted that back-to-back
invocation of dpkg-buildpackage fails. A `make -C test clean` would
resolve this.
✓ No exotic hardware expectations
- While a test suite is present, failures in it are not failing the build.
✓ debian/watch file present
- lintian --pedantic reports 6 items total, the most severe of which are 2
warnings
✓ No reliance on obsolete/pending-demote packages
[Dependencies]
✓ Dependencies are very modest and already in main. (libc6, and
libjs-jquery for doc package)
[Standards compliance]
✓ FHS looks good to me.
✓ Outstanding patches - there is a CMake patch, but upstream doesn't want
it.
https://github.com/ndevilla/iniparser/blob/master/FAQ-en.md#your-build-system-isnt-portable-let-me-help-you
- Recommended item DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS isn't explicitly implemented, all 6
options currently listed are potentially relevant.
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-source.html#s-debianrules-options
- The standards version is old https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/iniparser ,
however v4.3.0 is an appropriate version for the last time the package
was uploaded.
[Maintenance]
✓ foundations-bugs subscribed on
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/iniparser/+subscriptions
✓ I consider this a "simple" package which should continue to be in sync
with Debian
[Background information]
✓ Package description is appropriate
✓ No recent (or ever) renames
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