Report forwarded to Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>:
Bug#44813; Package util-linux.   Vincent Renardias  Subject: Bug#44813: split hwclock into own package Reply-To: bap@cs.unm.edu, 44813-maintonly@bugs.debian.org Resent-From: Barak Pearlmutter Resent-To: Vincent Renardias Resent-Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 20:33:02 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj@debian.org X-Debian-PR-Message: report 44813 X-Debian-PR-Package: util-linux X-Debian-PR-Keywords: X-Loop: owner@bugs.debian.org Received: via spool by maintonly@bugs.debian.org id=M.93699544418238 (code M ref -1); Fri, 10 Sep 1999 20:33:02 GMT Message-Id: Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 14:30:30 -0600 (MDT) From: Barak Pearlmutter To: maintonly@bugs.debian.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.106) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Package: util-linux Version: 2.9w-1 Priority: wishlist Upon installing Debian on a new flat panel SGI Visual Workstation, with its very unusual hardware for a PC, I found that "hwclock" freezes forever, as shown below. It would be nice to be able to tell people to just "dpkg --purge hwclock" as hwclock is logically is a rather low-priority matter, and needn't be in an essential package. ---------------------------------------------------------------- # strace hwclock --show execve("/sbin/hwclock", ["hwclock", "--show"], [/* 33 vars */]) = 0 brk(0) = 0x804ed04 open("/etc/ld.so.preload", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=5432, ...}) = 0 mmap(0, 5432, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x4000c000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 mmap(0, 4096, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x4000e000 munmap(0x4000e000, 4096) = 0 mmap(0, 673220, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x4000e000 mprotect(0x400a0000, 75204, PROT_NONE) = 0 mmap(0x400a0000, 28672, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x91000) = 0x400a0000 mmap(0x400a7000, 46532, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x400a7000 close(3) = 0 munmap(0x4000c000, 5432) = 0 personality(PER_LINUX) = 0 getpid() = 13471 gettimeofday({936995087, 127367}, NULL) = 0 getuid() = 0 open("/dev/rtc", O_RDONLY) = 3 close(3) = 0 open("/dev/rtc", O_RDONLY) = 3 ioctl(3, 0x7003, 0) = 0 read(3,   Acknowledgement sent to bap@cs.unm.edu:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>.   -t  From: owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System) To: bap@cs.unm.edu Subject: Bug#44813: Acknowledgement of maintainer-only report (split hwclock into own package) Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: X-Debian-PR-Message: ack-maintonly 44813 Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. It is being forwarded to the developers (but not the mailing list, as you requested) for their attention; they will reply in due course. Your message has been sent to the package maintainer(s): Vincent Renardias If you wish to submit further information on your problem, please send it to 44813-maintonly@bugs.debian.org (and *not* to maintonly@bugs.debian.org). Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (administrator, Debian bugs database)   Received: (at maintonly) by bugs.debian.org; 10 Sep 1999 20:30:44 +0000 Received: (qmail 18214 invoked from network); 10 Sep 1999 20:30:43 -0000 Received: from sweat.cs.unm.edu (198.59.151.200) by master.debian.org with SMTP; 10 Sep 1999 20:30:43 -0000 Received: by sweat.cs.unm.edu id m11PXJW-0009SpC (Debian Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2); Fri, 10 Sep 1999 14:30:30 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 14:30:30 -0600 (MDT) From: Barak Pearlmutter To: maintonly@bugs.debian.org Subject: split hwclock into own package Reply-to: bap@cs.unm.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.106) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Package: util-linux Version: 2.9w-1 Priority: wishlist Upon installing Debian on a new flat panel SGI Visual Workstation, with its very unusual hardware for a PC, I found that "hwclock" freezes forever, as shown below. It would be nice to be able to tell people to just "dpkg --purge hwclock" as hwclock is logically is a rather low-priority matter, and needn't be in an essential package. ---------------------------------------------------------------- # strace hwclock --show execve("/sbin/hwclock", ["hwclock", "--show"], [/* 33 vars */]) = 0 brk(0) = 0x804ed04 open("/etc/ld.so.preload", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=5432, ...}) = 0 mmap(0, 5432, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x4000c000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 mmap(0, 4096, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x4000e000 munmap(0x4000e000, 4096) = 0 mmap(0, 673220, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x4000e000 mprotect(0x400a0000, 75204, PROT_NONE) = 0 mmap(0x400a0000, 28672, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x91000) = 0x400a0000 mmap(0x400a7000, 46532, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x400a7000 close(3) = 0 munmap(0x4000c000, 5432) = 0 personality(PER_LINUX) = 0 getpid() = 13471 gettimeofday({936995087, 127367}, NULL) = 0 getuid() = 0 open("/dev/rtc", O_RDONLY) = 3 close(3) = 0 open("/dev/rtc", O_RDONLY) = 3 ioctl(3, 0x7003, 0) = 0 read(3,   Severity set to `wishlist'. Request was from Lincoln Myers <lincoln@master.debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org.   Received: (at control) by bugs.debian.org; 27 Aug 2000 03:08:52 +0000 From lincoln@master.debian.org Sat Aug 26 22:08:52 2000 Return-path: Received: from lincoln by master.debian.org with local (Exim 3.12 1 (Debian)) id 13SsoW-0002ua-00; Sat, 26 Aug 2000 22:08:52 -0500 To: control@bugs.debian.org Subject: wishlist, as submitter requested Bcc: lincoln@debian.org Message-Id: From: Lincoln Myers Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 22:08:52 -0500 Delivered-To: control@bugs.debian.org severity 44813 wishlist thanks The original submitter asked for "Priority: wishlist", but the bug system didn't understand, since it's looking for "Severity: wishlist" Lincoln   Changed Bug title. Request was from =?iso-8859-1?Q?G=F6ran?= Weinholt <weinholt@dtek.chalmers.se> to control@bugs.debian.org.   Received: (at control) by bugs.debian.org; 8 Oct 2003 23:58:11 +0000 From weinholt@kallisti.csbnet.se Wed Oct 08 18:58:09 2003 Return-path: Received: from kallisti.csbnet.se [193.11.248.85] by master.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 1 (Debian)) id 1A7OC0-0004a8-00; Wed, 08 Oct 2003 18:58:08 -0500 Received: from weinholt by kallisti.csbnet.se with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1A7OBy-0005fv-00; Thu, 09 Oct 2003 01:58:06 +0200 Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 01:58:06 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?G=F6ran?= Weinholt To: control@bugs.debian.org Subject: cleaning up all remaining hwclock bugs Message-ID: <20031008235806.GA10810@kallisti.csbnet.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: =?iso-8859-1?Q?G=F6ran_Weinholt?= Delivered-To: control@bugs.debian.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=4.0 tests=none version=2.53-bugs.debian.org_2003_10_05 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.53-bugs.debian.org_2003_10_05 (1.174.2.15-2003-03-30-exp) # It looks like #22478 has the fix for these two bugs. retitle 186973 util-linux: [hwclock] hangs on broken rtc retitle 127975 util-linux: [hwclock] hangs on broken rtc retitle 22478 util-linux: [hwclock] patch to handle broken rtc severity 22478 important severity 127975 important merge 22478 127975 186973 # Fixing the first one will force a fix for the three following it retitle 213262 util-linux: [hwclock] hwclock should be moved to /usr/sbin (FHS 2.2) retitle 117967 util-linux: [hwclock] hwclockfirst.sh runs before /usr is mounted retitle 145648 util-linux: [hwclock] hwclockfirst.sh runs before rtc module is loaded retitle 154130 util-linux: [hwclock] hwclockfirst.sh runs before rtc module is loaded # Looks like clock(8) is deprecated anyway retitle 156489 util-linux: [hwclock] adjtime should be moved to /var/lib/hwclock/ (FHS 2.2) retitle 95378 util-linux: [hwclock] /etc/adjtime not fully compatible with clock(8) # These two look like they're the same retitle 97349 util-linux: [hwclock] conflict between clock drift and correction retitle 160239 util-linux: [hwclock] conflict between clock drift and correction merge 97349 160239 # These should be severity minor... retitle 138126 util-linux: [hwclock] typos and other minor issues severity 138126 minor retitle 171281 util-linux: [hwclock] a swath of typos and minor issues severity 171281 minor retitle 195542 util-linux: [hwclock] hwclockfirst.sh should refer to "info libc" for the syntax of TZ severity 195542 minor # More information was requested, but it hasn't been seen. retitle 172675 util-linux: [hwclock] problem with timezone handling tag 172675 moreinfo # This feature is very unlikely to be implemented... it should be closed IMO. retitle 29018 util-linux: [hwclock] please implement a more precise way to manually set the time tag 29018 wontfix # This one has already been implemented. Should be closed. tag 58569 fixed # This doesn't belong in util-linux, IMO. retitle 150304 util-linux: [hwclock] "fix" for machines with no clock battery tags 150304 wontfix # Retitling... retitle 44813 util-linux: [hwclock] please split hwclock into a separate package retitle 58139 util-linux: [hwclock] proposed changes to allow other drift adjustment tools retitle 42556 util-linux: [hwclock] continually messes up my clock retitle 43165 util-linux: [hwclock] hwclock on overclocked machines can cause big problems retitle 136946 util-linux: [hwclock] hangs when run under libsafe, due to -fomit-frame-pointer retitle 142963 util-linux: [hwclock] please don't set TZ= in hwclockfirst.sh retitle 142965 util-linux: [hwclock] the documentation is confusing thanks wonderful control bot, and don't be so darned picky this time -- Göran Weinholt GPG: 1024D/4A8854E6 EC27 7F6A DFA9 CBBD 9EE3 F07A 8DF5 8BB6 4A88 54E6 "Science does not remove the terror of the Gods." -- J.R. "Bob" Dobbs