[Xcircuit-dev] xcircuit 3.6.24-1 unusable on amd64

[Michael Ablassmeier]

hi,

(bugreport submitted but b.d.o seems down at the moment so lets go without)

On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 08:47:24AM -0700, ldoolitt at recycle.lbl.gov wrote:
> I don't mean to complain, but the recent upload of xcircuit 3.6.24-1
> to unstable is completely unusable for me on amd64. 

*sight*. I was hoping to fix the long-standing powerpc issue with this QA
upload (which seems to be fixed) and now another arch is mangled :)

> This is true even when I rebuild from sources, either in or out
> of the Debian package framework.  I note a large number of 64-bit
> concerns flagged by the compiler (gcc-4.0.4), about half of them
> in the Xw widget set.  I tried fixing some of the worst of these,
> and using gdb to find details of the crash, but have not yet
> succeeded in finding or fixing the problem(s).
> 
> This leaves me with a number of questions:
> 1. does anyone else see this behavior?

i dont have access to a amd64 machine atm. I can have a closer look tomorrow.

> 2. is xcircuit the only Debian package using Xw?

seems so. However, one fix for this issue would be to compile xcircuit with the
tcl interface, which seems by far less buggier, though. As --with-tcl and
--with-python are mutually exclusive we would have to disable the python
interpreter interface. I dont know how much people make use of it.

> 3. where did upstream (that's you, Tim) get that copy of Xw
>    (and are you maintaining that copy yourself)?

yes, please speak up.

> 5. will this be the kick in the pants I need to become
>    a Debian Developer and adopt this package?

the package has been orphaned for quite a while (we were lacking *lots* of
upstream versions behind so i decided to make a QA Upload). If you intend to
adopt the package i could sponsor your uploads.

bye,
    - michael