[csw-buildfarm] Latest libffi/libffidevel on build servers

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Jens,

Am 24.09.2010 um 17:17 schrieb Jens Deppe:
> On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 07:46:22AM +0200, Dagobert Michelsen wrote:
>> Anfang der weitergeleiteten E-Mail:
>>>> I'm trying to build the latest version of Ruby (1.9.2 p0) and am
>>>> running into a compiler issue related to libffi headers. The fix
>>>> appears to be in libffi 3.0.9 (which is in svn), but the build
>>>> servers still have 3.0.8. Would it be possible to update the build
>>>> servers to the latest libffi/libffidevel (3.0.9)?
>>>
>>> The policy is that the buildfarm (current* boxen) only get packages
>>> available from the current catalog.  There are testing* boxen that  
>>> we
>>> can use to put things from experimental into play when required.
>>>
>>> When you say that 3.0.9 is in svn, do that mean there is an updated
>>> GAR recipe for it?  If so, the best approach is to ping the
>>> maintainer[1]
>>> for an update and if there's no active maintainer, take it over! :)
>>>
>>> HTH.
>>> -Ben
>>>
>>> [1] In this case, Mike Watters is on 'sabbatical' so you'd be best  
>>> to
>>>   roll the updated package yourself.
>>
>> As Roger already built libffi 3.0.9 and put it into testing I suggest
>> you respin the package, we install it on a testing-machine and you
>> release it after verification. Then it gets installed on the current*
>> machines and you can proceed.

Roger: Is this ok for you or do you want to release the build on your  
own?

> OK, I've rebuilt libffi and placed it into my experimental location:
>
> ls -la /home/experimental/jensd
> total 190
> drwxr-xr-x   2 jensd    csw            6 Sep 24 17:08 .
> drwxrwxrwt  53 web      csw           53 Sep 23 10:14 ..
> -rw-r--r--   1 jensd    csw        36666 Sep 24 17:08  
> libffi-3.0.9,REV=2010.09.24-SunOS5.9-i386-CSW.pkg.gz
> -rw-r--r--   1 jensd    csw        20935 Sep 24 17:08  
> libffi-3.0.9,REV=2010.09.24-SunOS5.9-sparc-CSW.pkg.gz
> -rw-r--r--   1 jensd    csw         7249 Sep 24 17:08  
> libffi_devel-3.0.9,REV=2010.09.24-SunOS5.9-i386-CSW.pkg.gz
> -rw-r--r--   1 jensd    csw         6839 Sep 24 17:08  
> libffi_devel-3.0.9,REV=2010.09.24-SunOS5.9-sparc-CSW.pkg.gz
>
> Does this email suffice as a request to have it installed onto a
> testing system or do I need to do something else?

Nope, this is sufficient (and usually I am faster installing it but you
caught me during a mini-vacation with the family...)

Done on testing9/10-servers, both sparc and i386.

> Also, I don't think my SSH key is on the testing environment as
> I was not able to login there.

You should be able to hop hover now to
   testing9s
   testing9x
   testing10s
   testing10x

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Best regards

   -- Dago