[MIR] pps-tools
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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pps-tools (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Bug Description
[Availability]
The package is already present in universe:
pps-tools | 0.20120406+
pps-tools | 0.20120406+
pps-tools | 0.20120406+
pps-tools | 0.20120406+
It is in sync with debian:
pps-tools | 0.20120406+
pps-tools | 0.20120406+
pps-tools | 0.20120406+
pps-tools | 0.20120406+
pps-tools | 0.20120406+
[Rationale]
This package is a new build-dependency for NTP. It is needed to be able to build PPS support into NTP (as per request in bug: #1512980)
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[Security]
This package doesn't seem to have known vulnerabilities as per Debian CVE, Ubuntu CVE, or othere vulnerabilities tracker
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There are some warnings though, because there is a hardening-no-relro warning and an ancient-
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So, if the security requires it, we can create a temporary delta to fix those issues while reasonably request those changes to be included into Debian archives.
[Quality assurance]
This package is mainly needed because it contains the necessary headers to make PPS support available for NTP. There are some user-space binaries to allow setup and use of the PPS kernel discipline.
This is the package description:
This package includes the necessary headers for using LinuxPPS PPSAPI
kernel interface in user-space applications and several support tools:
* ppstest: PPSAPI interface tester
* ppsldisc: setup correct RS232 line discipline
* ppswatch: continuously print PPS timestamps
* ppsctl: PPS device manager
* ppsfind: find pps device by name
[Dependencies]
It only depends on 'already in main' dependencies.
[Standards compliance]
It complies to standard compliances (FHS and Debian policy).
[Maintenance]
Seems to not require much maintenance. Can be kept in sync with Debian, except if we need to change the build flags to add fPIE, bindnow, and relro.
[Background information]
This is a new dependency required to be able to build PPS support into NTP.
This looks fine. I believe Ubuntu does a lot of hardening by default in gcc (and I don't get those lintian warnings locally).
Doesn't seem like it will take much maintenance.