Better dietlibc in Hardy

[Luca Falavigna]

Hello everybody,

Luca Falavigna ha scritto:
> after reading Klaus Trainer's email in ubuntu-motu mailing list [1], I 
> started to look at the bug [2] given. I realized this was not due to 
> util-vserver but to dietlibc instead.
> 
> dietlibc is compiled without stack protector (-fno-stack-protector flag 
> and WANT_SSP option disabled in source code) and this leads to weird 
> behaviours in packages compiled with dietlibc support, see [3] and [4] 
> for concrete examples, but I think many packages are affected.
> 
> I prepared a spec [5] which tries to focus the issue and to provide a 
> candidate solution for review. I also uploaded involved packages [6] on 
> my PPA [7] for testing purposes.
> 
> If feedbacks are positive, I would like to upload a fixed version of 
> dietlibc and, once it will be built on all architectures, manage 
> rebuilds of the packages which build-depend on it.

I concluded some tests on my PPA [7] and I find a possible fix for 
dietlibc and the packages which depends on it, as I reported in the 
related spec [5].

I'm going to upload a new dietlibc package after Alpha 1 release and, 
once fully built on all ports, manage rebuilds of the packages which 
depends on it  [6]. If you are intrested in one of the package involved, 
feel free to report additional comments/tests you feel important.

Also, please inform me as soon as possible if you are aware of a better 
solution to fix this issue.

> [1] http://tinyurl.com/yrqxgv
> [2] https://launchpad.net/bugs/88595
> [3] https://launchpad.net/bugs/82023
> [4] https://launchpad.net/bugs/86823
> [5] https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/better-dietlibc
> [6] http://tinyurl.com/32ljk4
> [7] https://launchpad.net/~dktrkranz/+archive

Thank you,

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Luca Falavigna