Activity log for bug #276629

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2008-10-01 05:57:19 Steve Kowalik bug added bug
2008-10-01 06:01:25 Steve Kowalik bug added subscriber Ubuntu Package Archive Administrators
2008-10-02 04:58:39 Steve Kowalik description Running archive-cruft-checker.py on drescher generates a list of binary packages that are no longer built from source, but it misses some. lp_archive@drescher:~$ m -s intrepid lib32ffi4 lib64ffi4 gcc-4.2 lib32ffi4 | 4.2.3-2ubuntu7 | intrepid/universe | amd64 lib64ffi4 | 4.2.3-2ubuntu7 | intrepid/universe | i386, powerpc, sparc gcc-4.2 | 4.2.4-3ubuntu2 | intrepid | source, amd64, hppa, i386, ia64, lpia, powerpc, sparc As you can see, both lib32ffi4 and lib64ffi4 used to be built from the gcc-4.2 source package, but aren't any more. lp_archive@drescher:~$ m -s hardy lib32ffi4 lib64ffi4 gcc-4.2 lib32ffi4 | 4.2.3-2ubuntu7 | hardy | amd64 lib64ffi4 | 4.2.3-2ubuntu7 | hardy | i386, powerpc, sparc gcc-4.2 | 4.2.3-2ubuntu7 | hardy | source, amd64, hppa, i386, ia64, lpia, powerpc, sparc They were, however, built from the version of gcc-4.2, which may be why they don't show up. Running archive-cruft-checker.py on drescher generates a list of binary packages that are no longer built from source, but it misses some. lp_archive@drescher:~$ m -s intrepid lib32ffi4 lib64ffi4 gcc-4.2 lib32ffi4 | 4.2.3-2ubuntu7 | intrepid/universe | amd64 lib64ffi4 | 4.2.3-2ubuntu7 | intrepid/universe | i386, powerpc, sparc gcc-4.2 | 4.2.4-3ubuntu2 | intrepid | source, amd64, hppa, i386, ia64, lpia, powerpc, sparc As you can see, both lib32ffi4 and lib64ffi4 used to be built from the gcc-4.2 source package, but aren't any more. lp_archive@drescher:~$ m -s hardy lib32ffi4 lib64ffi4 gcc-4.2 lib32ffi4 | 4.2.3-2ubuntu7 | hardy | amd64 lib64ffi4 | 4.2.3-2ubuntu7 | hardy | i386, powerpc, sparc gcc-4.2 | 4.2.3-2ubuntu7 | hardy | source, amd64, hppa, i386, ia64, lpia, powerpc, sparc They were, however, built from the version of gcc-4.2 published in hardy, which may be why they don't show up.
2010-03-30 15:41:06 Julian Edwards soyuz: status New Triaged
2010-03-30 15:41:11 Julian Edwards soyuz: importance Undecided Low
2011-09-30 06:13:12 William Grant launchpad: status Triaged Won't Fix
2011-09-30 09:01:52 Colin Watson affects launchpad ubuntu-archive-tools
2011-09-30 09:02:01 Colin Watson ubuntu-archive-tools: status Won't Fix Triaged
2012-01-11 15:27:01 Colin Watson summary archive-cruft-checker doesn't pick up all cruft archive-cruft-check doesn't pick up all cruft