Ah! I need to invest the github repository, I presume. Locutus checks out from there and apparently some adjustment of mine with the latest updates of BOINC has not made it back into the remote git repository....or something like it. What has found entry to the Debian archive comes from my local repository .. and that apparently just builds.

Cheers,

Steffen



-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Sun, 13 May 2012 20:45:54 -0000
> Von: Thomas Ward <email address hidden>
> An: <email address hidden>
> Betreff: Re: [Bug 991179] Re: 7.0.24 "computation error" bug

> That was the confusion, because Locutus referred to a different patch.
> 
> 
> On May 13, 2012, at 3:31 PM, Dave <email address hidden> wrote:
> 
> > Just for clarification. I believe that patch Thomas refers to was
> believed
> > to be causing issues building the package for Ubuntu.
> > The patch found to cause the computation error was
> > moreinformativeappstart.patch or something like that.
> > On May 13, 2012 3:25 PM, "Thomas Ward" <email address hidden> wrote:
> > 
> >> Steffen, the patch reported to have the problem, the
> >> 'parse_issues.patch' exists in the Quantal package, and the Debian
> >> package (I dissected the package myself, its still there).
> >> 
> >> Backporting to older than Precise may be a tiny bit difficult, but
> >> before I help out wiht the backports to Oneiric and earlier, it has to
> >> be backported to Precise.
> >> 
> >> I'm working on the paperwork now, but i have to finish fixing my dev
> >> environment.  Once I fix my development environment, i'll test a no-
> >> changes backport to Precise, and then from there work my way onto
> >> Oneiric.  Natty is going out when Quantal gets released, so I will look
> >> into backporting to that, but the backport priority order on that for
> me
> >> is as follows:
> >> 
> >> 1) Precise
> >> 2) Oneiric
> >> 3) Natty
> >> 4) Lucid
> >> 
> >> --
> >> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the
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> >> report.
> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/991179
> >> 
> >> Title:
> >> 7.0.24 "computation error" bug
> >> 
> >> Status in “boinc” package in Ubuntu:
> >> Fix Released
> >> 
> >> Bug description:
> >> Hi. Repository versions 7.0.24, (I assume 7.0.25) and 7.0.26 have a
> >> known bug which affects users with various hardware running Ubuntu
> >> 12.04. The bug makes the boinc software unable to process any work-
> >> units.
> >> 
> >> This is a known bug by a growing group of S@H Boinc users running
> >> Ubuntu 12.04 and other Debain variants.
> >> 
> >> As soon as there is a version out which overcomes this bug, the
> >> repository package may want to be changed.
> >> 
> >> Thanks.
> >> 
> >> [edit] it seems this bug is only caused by the repository installs of
> >> Boinc. When one installs Boinc from the Berkeley website the issue does
> not
> >> exist.
> >> Also, the bug only seems to exist for seti@home users, apparently all
> >> other projects are unaffected? (I'm now curious it may affect "Quake
> >> Catcher Network")
> >> 
> >> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> >>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/boinc/+bug/991179/+subscriptions
> >> 
> > 
> > -- 
> > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> > report.
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/991179
> > 
> > Title:
> >  7.0.24 "computation error" bug
> > 
> > Status in “boinc” package in Ubuntu:
> >  Fix Released
> > 
> > Bug description:
> >  Hi. Repository versions 7.0.24, (I assume 7.0.25) and 7.0.26 have a
> >  known bug which affects users with various hardware running Ubuntu
> >  12.04. The bug makes the boinc software unable to process any work-
> >  units.
> > 
> >  This is a known bug by a growing group of S@H Boinc users running
> >  Ubuntu 12.04 and other Debain variants.
> > 
> >  As soon as there is a version out which overcomes this bug, the
> >  repository package may want to be changed.
> > 
> >  Thanks.
> > 
> >  [edit] it seems this bug is only caused by the repository installs of
> Boinc. When one installs Boinc from the Berkeley website the issue does not
> exist.
> >  Also, the bug only seems to exist for seti@home users, apparently all
> other projects are unaffected? (I'm now curious it may affect "Quake Catcher
> Network")
> > 
> > To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> >
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/boinc/+bug/991179/+subscriptions
> 
> -- 
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/991179
> 
> Title:
>   7.0.24 "computation error" bug
> 
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