Comment 82 for bug 991179

Well. I'd hope an "Sru" would be approved considering you currently have a
boinc package that doesn't work for one of the most used projects and at
least one other.
On May 9, 2012 1:45 PM, "Thomas Ward" <email address hidden> wrote:

> The Precise repos can't be updated without an SRU. SRU(s) are not
> always approved.
>
> Any new versions uploaded for the repositories will end up in Quantal,
> unless an SRU is filed to get an update pushed to the precise-updates
> repository (which you will need enabled to get those updated softwares)
>
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> Title:
> 7.0.24 "computation error" bug
>
> Status in “boinc” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> 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")
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