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cpio FTBFS with glibc-2.16

Bug #1079748 reported by Wookey
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Bug Description

cpio does not build against eglibc-2.16 due to gets having been removed
but embedded gnulib in package still referring to it.

Upstream bug links are in the patch.

This patch makes it work by #ifdefing the offending line but the proper
fix is a new upstream release using a newer gnulib. Preferably by syncing from debian.

Tags: patch
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Wookey (wookey) wrote :
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Changed in cpio (Debian):
status: Unknown → Confirmed
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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

Yep, thanks - I've applied similar stopgap patches elsewhere, so this is fine (modulo version and target distribution, which I'll fix).

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Wookey (wookey) wrote : Re: [Bug 1079748] Re: cpio FTBFS with glibc-2.16

+++ Colin Watson [2012-11-16 17:00 -0000]:
> Yep, thanks - I've applied similar stopgap patches elsewhere, so this is
> fine (modulo version and target distribution, which I'll fix).

I've found 4 of these so far: cpio, gettext, tar and diffutils.
apparently m4 is also affected and no doubt others.

Wookey
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package cpio - 2.11-8ubuntu4

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cpio (2.11-8ubuntu4) raring; urgency=low

  * Fix FTBFS with glibc-2.16 (due to outdated gnulib/gets removal;
    LP: #1079748).
 -- Wookey <email address hidden> Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:59:53 +0000

Changed in cpio (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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Changed in cpio (Debian):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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