creating databases fails

In the changelog for Debian 0.12.0-2:

   * Add patch to fix xmalloc assertion with some MP3 files. This does not
     really fix #390417, as the files do not play, but mpd --create-db will no
     longer crash.

Syncing 0.12.0-3 will fix this problem.

Please sync mpd (universe) 0.12.0-2 from Debian Sid (main). Overwriting Ubuntu changes is OK, as it was just a new upstream version, and the package builds fine in a clean Edgy pbuilder. Changelog entries follow:

mpd (0.12.0-3) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fix missing build-depends (Closes: #390779)

 -- Decklin Foster <email address hidden> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 21:32:27 -0400

mpd (0.12.0-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * Add patch to fix xmalloc assertion with some MP3 files. This does not
    really fix #390417, as the files do not play, but mpd --create-db will no
    longer crash.
  * When cleaning up after 0.11, check that the PID in the legacy pidfile
    is actually running before attempting to kill it.

 -- Decklin Foster <email address hidden> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 14:55:17 -0400

mpd (0.12.0-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release (Closes: #280100)
    - Enable Ogg speex support (Closes: #341698)
    - Fixed ID3v2 support (Closes: #288101)
  * Removed debconf (Closes: #329887, #360113)
    - No more 'restart' setting, just restart in postinst (Closes: #369590)
  * Removed lintian override.

 -- Decklin Foster <email address hidden> Sat, 23 Sep 2006 14:18:36 -0400

Sorry, the above should read `please sync mpd (universe) 0.12.0-3'.

this seems rather critical to me, because it renders the package unusable

William, did you check the old ubuntu diff? You need to show that you verified that the old changes are not necessary anymore and can be dropped before requesting a sync.

If they are necessary, the need to be merged.

lowering severity, because after reading the related debian bug, this seems to occur only on some mp3 files

I uploaded the last version. It was simply the final 0.12.0 with the debian/ from one of the 0.12.0 RCs in Debian experimental. The Ubuntu delta is just the new upstream version, and is fine to override, I said that in the original sync request.

okay, I just rechecked the diff to debian, its allright.

Archive team, please sync mpd_0.12.0-3 from debian/experimental into edgy

Debian unstable now has 0.12.1-1, with some important-looking fixes. Could you recheck, please?

0.12.1 fixes this issue, as well as a couple of others.

It builds well but it does not run well: see #64293 (0.12.0 gets rid of Ubuntu changes).

The patch I submited for this bug also applies on the new Debian release and it runs well. This is not a sync, this should be a merge.

Here's a debdiff between the current Debian and new Ubuntu version.

Implementing that patch is a good idea, however your statement that 0.12.0 got rid of Ubuntu changes is false. There have been no Ubuntu changes since Breezy, so it was just a plain sync.

Sorry William, you are right: in Dapper version, the PID file was in /var/run (not a subdirectory).

However, the patch is still needed.

Looks like a very good idea.

Reinhard, Sebastian, Andrew?

Please update to 0.12.1, it fixes f.e. this problem.

Yes, I agree. Please proceed with uploading

Changelog since current Ubuntu version 0.12.0-0ubuntu1:

mpd (0.12.1-1ubuntu1) edgy; urgency=low

  * Sync from Debian Sid
  * debian/mpd.init.d:
    - create /var/run/ directory if necessary and set proper permissions
      (Closes Ubuntu 64293)

 -- Lionel Porcheron <email address hidden> Sat, 14 Oct 2006 13:02:49 +0200

mpd (0.12.1-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release
    - Fixes scanning of MP3s with a 0-frame Xing tag (Closes: #390417)

 -- Decklin Foster <email address hidden> Wed, 11 Oct 2006 15:22:46 -0400

mpd (0.12.0-3) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fix missing build-depends (Closes: #390779)

 -- Decklin Foster <email address hidden> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 21:32:27 -0400

mpd (0.12.0-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * Add patch to fix xmalloc assertion with some MP3 files. This does not
    really fix #390417, as the files do not play, but mpd --create-db will no
    longer crash.
  * When cleaning up after 0.11, check that the PID in the legacy pidfile
    is actually running before attempting to kill it.

 -- Decklin Foster <email address hidden> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 14:55:17 -0400

mpd (0.12.0-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release (Closes: #280100)
    - Enable Ogg speex support (Closes: #341698)
    - Fixed ID3v2 support (Closes: #288101)
  * Removed debconf (Closes: #329887, #360113)
    - No more 'restart' setting, just restart in postinst (Closes: #369590)
  * Removed lintian override.

 -- Decklin Foster <email address hidden> Sat, 23 Sep 2006 14:18:36 -0400

This appears to have been uploaded.

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