Make gnu-smalltalk build on lucid

[Holger Hans Peter Freyther]

Binary package hint: gnu-smalltalk

GNU Smalltalk was not buildable on Lucid and was removed from the Lucid Repostory. I have had a look and thanks to the GNU Smalltalk upstream have created a patch that makes it buildable again.

The problem on my lucid installation was that all testcases failed to execute and that is due an issue with the tests/testsuite script and bash 4.0. Paolo provided me with the necessary sed script to make it work for that version.

I'm attaching the patch, but I also have an updated changelog entry and such for the debian package.

[Adam Guthrie (therigu)]

Thanks for the patch. This is now fixed upstream and in Maverick - this upstream change is: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=smalltalk.git;a=commitdiff;h=3ab4dc6e8edd043ac5567f5a710f91025b5325bc

Could you create a new patch (or even better a debdiff targeted for lucid-proposed) based on this change? This may then be eligible for a SRU.

[Tim 'Shaggy' Bielawa (tbielawa)]

Debdiff attached. Also corrects maintainers in control files.

[Tim 'Shaggy' Bielawa (tbielawa)]

I would have nominated this for release, as per the wiki instructions, but lucid was not listed.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

It seems the maverick version didn't build on many platforms either, does that need a similar treatment? The patch looks fine for lucid SRU, please upload. But please also apply to Maverick.

[Artur Rona (ari-tczew)]

Maverick package seems to be patched upstream and it got FTBFS on amd64, powerpc and sparc. So, I'm not sure to applying patch into lucid. Do you have tested whether this patch fix FTBFS on amd64, powerpc and sparc for lucid? However, current existing package in lucid has built fine on all available architectures.

[Artur Rona (ari-tczew)]

Patch is applied in maverick, so I'm setting to fixed.

[Artur Rona (ari-tczew)]

Second bug which will be fixed in one upload is: bug 410263

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Accepted gnu-smalltalk into lucid-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

[Artur Rona (ari-tczew)]

It built fine in lucid-proposed, so it's fixed. +1 from me.

[Tim 'Shaggy' Bielawa (tbielawa)]

I enabled -proposed in the software sources manager but I couldn't find this package in the mirrors for testing.

tbielawa@tbielawa-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install gnu-smalltalk
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package gnu-smalltalk
tbielawa@tbielawa-desktop:~$ apt-cache search gnu-smalltalk
tbielawa@tbielawa-desktop:~$ grep -ir proposed /etc/apt/*
grep: /etc/apt/secring.gpg: Permission denied
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-proposed restricted main multiverse universe
grep: /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg: Permission denied
tbielawa@tbielawa-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get update
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/restricted Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-proposed Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-proposed/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-proposed/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-proposed/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-proposed/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-proposed Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Sources
Hit http://s...

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

The binary packages are awaiting approval in NEW queue and have not been published to the archive yet.

[Tim 'Shaggy' Bielawa (tbielawa)]

Jean,

Thanks for explaining that.

Anyway, the package finished building without any errors. It installed fine. I could run gst fine too. The issue I had before must have been localized to that machine.

+1

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Jean-Baptiste Lallement [2010-10-02 21:42 -0000]:
> The binary packages are awaiting approval in NEW queue and have not been
> published to the archive yet.

Processed now.

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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gnu-smalltalk - 3.0.3-2ubuntu0.10.04.1

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gnu-smalltalk (3.0.3-2ubuntu0.10.04.1) lucid-proposed; urgency=low

  [ Timothy Bielawa (Shaggy) <email address hidden> ]
  * debian/patches/10_fix_ftbfs_with_bash4.diff:
    - Fix broken test suite causing FTBFS (LP: #557290).

  [ Artur Rona ]
  * debian/patches/11_fix_crash.diff:
    - Fix crash with commands: gst-doc -f or gst-doc -f (LP: #410263).
 -- Artur Rona <email address hidden> Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:27:04 +0200

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Accepted gnu-smalltalk into karmic-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

[Artur Rona (ari-tczew)]

Built fine. Fixed.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gnu-smalltalk - 3.0.3-2ubuntu0.9.10.1

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gnu-smalltalk (3.0.3-2ubuntu0.9.10.1) karmic-proposed; urgency=low

  [ Timothy Bielawa (Shaggy) <email address hidden> ]
  * debian/patches/10_fix_ftbfs_with_bash4.diff:
    - Fix broken test suite causing FTBFS (LP: #557290).

  [ Artur Rona ]
  * debian/patches/11_fix_crash.diff:
    - Fix crash with commands: gst-doc -f or gst-doc -f (LP: #410263).
 -- Artur Rona <email address hidden> Sun, 21 Nov 2010 16:38:01 +0100