Re: pkgsrc-2024Q3 net/tigervnc is broken on sparc64

[Sad Clouds <cryintothebluesky%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Sun, 27 Oct 2024 08:47:40 -0400
Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost> wrote:

> Sad Clouds <cryintothebluesky%gmail.com@localhost> writes:
> 
> > Hello, net/tigervnc version 1.14.0 crashes on sparc64 with SIGBUS due
> > to alignment bugs. Would it be possible to downgrade it to version
> > 1.13.1 until the issues are debugged and fixed.
> 
> You can use "cvs up -r" to change your sources to a previous version and
> rebuild.
> 
> I'm assuming that you have already filed a bug report upstream.   I
> would not expect that to be resolved and result in a 1.14.1 in a week.
> 
> If you mean "should we downgrade tigervnc on pkgsrc head and do a pullup
> to some stable branch so you get a binary package that works from
> whatever repo you are using [that you did not specify!], after some
> unspecified person does builds", then I really cannot see that
> happening.

Hello, in the email subject I specified pkgsrc-2024Q3 release. I tend to
use stable branches and I guess many other people do the same.

I have already reverted locally to the previous version which works.
This was just a suggestion so that others don't have to face the same
issues. I appreciate that people cannot test all packages on all
supported architectures, but when someone finds stability issues with
packages on a stable pkgsrc branch, perhaps there needs to be a policy
of rectifying that? As you noted, debugging, getting stack traces,
reporting upstream and waiting for developers to apply fixes is not
going to be quick.