Re: Help getting a bug report in order

[Wookey <wookey@wookware.org>]

+++ Jeffrey Walton [2015-09-21 00:26 -0400]:
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> We took a bug report from a Debain maintainer under Debian's X32
> environment (https://wiki.debian.org/X32Port). Our bugs triggered some
> Debian bugs as we worked through some of the issues.
> 
> One of the issues we encountered was GDB's inability to debug a C++
> program. It was reported at
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=799556.
> 
> I'm trying to tidy it up, but https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer
> and its email control messages are not very helpful.
> 
> At this point, I *think* I need to perform 3 tasks, with an optional 4th task:
> 
> (1) add the "port-x32" tag or category to the report because the
> fellow writing the X32 wiki page appears to monitor it (see Bug
> Reports at the end of https://wiki.debian.org/X32Port).

 
> (2) add the BTS "upstream" tag because the bug satisfies the condition
> "This bug applies to the upstream part of the package" per
> https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer.
> 
> (3) add the BTS "patch" tag because the fix satisfies the condition "A
> patch or some other easy procedure for fixing the bug" per
> https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer.

bts tag 799556 + port-x32 patch upstream

(install devscripts ifyou don't have the 'bts' command)
 
This does need to be rnu on a machine where email works.

> (4) it would probably be helpful to other X32 developers to ensure the
> new GDB is built and made available.

Prepare a patch so that it is easy for the maintainer to apply it and upload.
File it in the bug.

Then just wait till the maintainer uploads a new version with your
patch.

Wookey
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