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thanks to my vacations starting I had a bit more time this week for working on RC bugs. – here's the usual list; again: thanks to all the restless patch providers!

• #555880 – src:overgod: "FTBFS with binutils-gold"
  add patch from Ubuntu / Julian Taylor, upload to DELAYED/2
• #556500 – src:transfermii: "FTBFS with binutils-gold"
  add patch from Ubuntu / Andreas Moog, upload to DELAYED/2
• #556715 – src:xoo: "FTBFS with binutils-gold"
  add patch from Ubuntu / Mahyuddin Susanto, upload to DELAYED/2
• #625117 – src:mm3d: "mm3d: FTBFS: cmdmgr.cc:27:47: error: 'NULL' was not declared in this scope"
  add patch from peter green, upload to DELAYED/2
• #625404 – pidgin-sipe: "pidgin-sipe: ftbfs with gcc-4.6 -Werror"
  add patch from peter green, upload to DELAYED/2
• #625409 – uisp: "uisp: ftbfs with gcc-4.6 -Werror"
  add patch from peter green, upload to DELAYED/2
• #630638 – pidgin-sipe: "pidgin-sipe: FTBFS with pdigin 2.8.0-1 in unstable"
  add patch from archlinux, upload to DELAYED/2
• #640319 – src:jed: "jed: FTBFS: gcc-4.6.real: error: unrecognized option '-V'"
  add patch from peter green, upload to DELAYED/2
• #643363 – src:clp: "clp: FTBFS: CbcOrClpParam.cpp:1078:43: error: format not a string literal and no format arguments [-Werror=format-security]"
  add patch from Wolfram Sang, upload to DELAYED/2
• #643364 – src:coinor-cbc: "coinor-cbc: FTBFS: ../../Clp/src/CbcOrClpParam.cpp:1078:43: error: format not a string literal and no format arguments [-Werror=format-security]"
  add patch from Wolfram Sang, upload to DELAYED/2
• #643365 – src:coinor-symphony: "coinor-symphony: FTBFS: Master/main.c:674:19: error: format not a string literal and no format arguments [-Werror=format-security]"
  add a patch to add a format argument, upload to DELAYED/2
• #643390 – src:glabels: "glabels: FTBFS: plessey.c:151:9: error: format not a string literal and no format arguments [-Werror=format-security]"
  add a patch to add a format argument, QA upload
• #643405 – src:hdate-applet: "hdate-applet: FTBFS: callbacks.c:360:2: error: format not a string literal and no format arguments [-Werror=format-security]"
  do a versioned close, the bug is fixed by the previous NMU
• #643409 – src:ippl: "ippl: FTBFS: log.c:150:5: error: format not a string literal and no format arguments [-Werror=format-security]"
  add a patch to add format arguments, upload to DELAYED/2
• #643452 – src:palp: "palp: FTBFS: Subpoly.c:870:3: error: format not a string literal and no format arguments [-Werror=format-security]"
  add a patch to add format arguments, upload to DELAYED/2
• #643468 – src:rubrica: "rubrica: FTBFS: app.c:1831:8: error: format not a string literal and no format arguments [-Werror=format-security]"
  add a patch to add format arguments, upload to DELAYED/2
• #651581 – sac: "sac ftbfs on armel and armhf. struct user conflicts with system header"
  add patch from peter green, upload to DELAYED/2, later uploaded by maintainer
• #652229 – src:libhttp-lrdd-perl: "libhttp-lrdd-perl: FTBFS: Failed 1/2 test programs. 1/2 subtests failed."
  upload new upstream release, package prepared by Florian Schlichting (pkg-perl)
• #652749 – src:libmodule-install-xsutil-perl: "libmodule-install-xsutil-perl: FTBFS: unsatisfiable build-dependency: libextutils-parsexs-perl (>= 2.210000) (versioned dep on a virtual pkg?)"
  swap build dependencies (pkg-perl)
• #652760 – src:libextutils-xspp-perl: "libextutils-xspp-perl: FTBFS: unsatisfiable build-dependency: libextutils-parsexs-perl (>= 2.220200) (versioned dep on a virtual pkg?)"
  swap build dependencies (pkg-perl)
• #652774 – src:libmodule-build-perl: "libmodule-build-perl: FTBFS: unsatisfiable build-dependencies (purely virtual?): libextutils-cbuilder-perl (>= 0.2700), libextutils-parsexs-perl (>= 2.210000)"
  swap build dependencies (pkg-perl)

here's my RCBW report for this week. again, nothing spectacular, mostly uploading packages where patches were already in the BTS. – thanks to all the patch creators and forwarders!

• #553968 – src:blktrace: "FTBFS with binutils-gold"
  add patch from Ubuntu / Ilya Barygin, upload to DELAYED/2
• #554408 – src:fuse-umfuse-iso9660: "FTBFS with binutils-gold"
  add patch from Luk Claes, upload to DELAYED/2
• #554755 – src:gtodo: "FTBFS with binutils-gold"
  add patch from Bart Martens, upload to DELAYED/2
• #625319 – chiark-tcl: "chiark-tcl: ftbfs with gcc-4.6 -Werror"
  add patch from peter green, upload to DELAYED/2
• #625327 – filtergen: "filtergen: ftbfs with gcc-4.6 -Werror"
  add patch from peter green, upload to DELAYED/2
• #625343 – gltron: "gltron: ftbfs with gcc-4.6 -Werror"
  add patch from peter green, upload to DELAYED/2
• #642709 – src:ctsim: "ctsim: FTBFS: /bin/sh: 0: Can't open ./config.status"
  fix debian/rules (config.{guess,sub} handling and duplicate make clean), upload to DELAYED/2
• #643403 – src:gtodo: "gtodo: FTBFS: callback.c:133:4: error: format not a string literal and no format arguments [-Werror=format-security]"
  add patch from Bart Martens, upload to DELAYED/2

a quiet RCBW week, here's the usual status report:

• #615766 – predict: "predict: ftbfs with gold or ld --no-add-needed"
  add patch from Ubuntu / John T. Nogatch, upload to DELAYED/2
• #619274 – myspell-gv: "myspell-gv: Remove unconditional call to soon to disappear 'update-openoffice-dicts'"
  drop debian/myspell-gv.post{inst,rm}, upload to DELAYED/2
• #624441 – scsitools: "rescan-scsi-bus call nonexistent usleep command"
  add patch based on suggestion from Ubuntu / Daniel T Chen, upload to DELAYED/2
• #625102 – src:aplus-fsf: "aplus-fsf: FTBFS: ../MSTypes/MSTypeData.H:54:23: error: declaration of 'operator new' as non-function"
  add patch from Ubuntu / Andreas Moog, upload to DELAYED/2
• #640444 – src:gtkhtml3.14: "gtkhtml3.14: FTBFS: gtkhtml.c:1541: undefined reference to `sqrt'"
  add patch from peter green, upload to DELAYED/2
• #640591 – smbind: "smbind: installation fails: /var/lib/dpkg/info/smbind.postinst: 42: local: not in a function"
  add patch from Ubuntu / Daniel T Chen, upload to DELAYED/2, later rescheduled to DELAYED/0 at maintainer's request
• #644091 – src:genus2reduction: "genus2reduction: Unversioned build-dependency on libpari-dev"
  make build dependency versioned, upload to DELAYED/2
• #651537 – src:libio-socket-inet6-perl: "libio-socket-inet6-perl: FTBFS: Test failures"
  add build dependency and check before testing (pkg-perl)

here's my report about RC bug related activities for the last week. – besides working on the bugs mentioned below I've also documented my RCBW work flow for the NMUs, just in case it's interesting for others.

• #615705 – dasher: "dasher: ftbfs with gold or ld --no-add-needed"
  add patch from Mònica Ramírez Arceda, upload to DELAYED/2
• #628590 – siggen: "please make siggen depends on oss-compat"
  add missing dependency, do a QA upload
• #633453 – drac: "drac: fails to install due to incorrect dependencies in init.d LSB header"
  add patch from Ubuntu / Daniel T Chen, upload to DELAYED/2
• #634451 – src:hwinfo: "hwinfo: FTBFS: /usr/include/dbus-1.0/dbus/dbus.h:29:33: fatal error: dbus/dbus-arch-deps.h: No such file or directory"
  add patch from Simon McVittie, upload to DELAYED/2
• #638379 – xine-ui: "xine-ui: fatal error: curl/types.h: No such file or directory"
  add patch from Ubuntu / Daniel T Chen, upload to DELAYED/2
• #639772 – src:slrn: "slrn: FTBFS: checking for the slang library and header files ... no"
  point configure to multiarched slang, upload to DELAYED/2
• #639991 – guile-1.8-non-dfsg: "guile-1.8-non-dfsg fails to build from source in unstable"
  add patch from Ubuntu / Matthias Klose, upload to DELAYED/2
• #640439 – src:gtk-nodoka-engine: "gtk-nodoka-engine: FTBFS: nodoka_style.c:1279: undefined reference to `sqrt'"
  add patch from Ubuntu / Micah Gersten, upload to DELAYED/2
• #640883 – libnet-ldap-perl: "regression: breaks $ldap->start_tls()"
  add patch from Peter Marschall, taken from upstream's "next" branch (pkg-perl)
• #643339 – src:most: "most: build fails on configure-step (couldn't find slang.h)"
  add patch from Ubuntu / Daniel T Chen, upload to DELAYED/2
• #643371 – src:dasher: "dasher: FTBFS: game_mode_helper.cpp:327:15: error: format not a string literal and no format arguments [-Werror=format-security]"
  add patch from Eric Alexander, upload the DELAYED/2
• #649066 – libmason-perl: "libmason-perl and mason: error when trying to install together"
  upload new upstream release, package prepared by Florian Schlichting (pkg-perl)