Re: pkg/32991

[Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/32991; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/32991
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:08:08 +0700

     Date:        Thu, 21 Jul 2011 03:05:03 +0000 (UTC)
     From:        David Holland <dholland-pbugs%NetBSD.org@localhost>
     Message-ID:  <20110721030503.BDD6363CAC4%www.NetBSD.org@localhost>
 
   |  This sort of problem can also be caused by updating a lower-layer
   |  library and recompiling the game, but *not* recompiling some
   |  intermediate library package it depends on that's also linked to the
   |  same lower-layer library.
 
 Yes, I know, but I can't quite see how that could have happened here.
 When it first occurred it was an obvious possibility, but in the
 intervening period I don't believe there's anything that hasn't been
 recompiled - including at least one occasion where I deleted everything
 (which includes everything X related of course, as I am using modular x-org
 on NetBSD 4) and recompiled the lot.   Yet this problem persists.
 
   |  I'm going to mark this PR netbsd-4 only, so if you don't get around to
   |  it before -6 comes out we can just let it die quietly.
 
 That's fine, for whatever reason, maybe thread related (???) it only
 seems to be a problem there.   [Aside: I have no idea at the minute if
 there's anything linked with the tread libraries in this game - that's
 just pure guesswork of one obvious difference between NetBSD 4 & later.]
 
 If anyone else is seeing this problem on NetBSD 4, or can confirm it, then
 just marking the package as broken on NetBSD 4 and closing the PR would
 also be satisfactory, NetBSD 4, while still supposed to be supported, is
 getting so ancient now that it is unlikely there are many people left who
 care - and for those who do, some random game not working is very unlikely
 to be a serious issue.
 
 kre