Hello Mentors,

I was notified that a package of mine is now marked for removal in
testing due to the time_t change. This seems to be with packages that
are indirect build dependencies. I don't see anything in my own package
that uses time_t or date/time operations. I just want to know what my responsibility is for maintaining my package through this. As it does
not seem to be my direct build dependency, I'm not sure if I even need
to consider rebuilding anything.

My specific package is tiv which has a build-dep on cimg-dev and it
seems somewhere down the line it has this:

1062125: gimp: NMU diff for 64-bit time_t transition
https://bugs.debian.org/1062125
1063178: nifticlib: NMU diff for 64-bit time_t transition
https://bugs.debian.org/1063178

Do I need to respond or just wait it out?

Thanks
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http://www.north-winds.org/


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Everything is expected to be rebuilt before any of these packages actually end up getting removed. However, if the dates get closer and things are not resolved I would recommend 1) subscribing to the removal bugs for the packages that are causing you problems, 2) asking a question on those bug reports if anyone knows what needs to be fixed and when it is expected to happen, 3) subscribing to debian-devel-announce where this transition is being discussed, and 4) asking Steve Langasek <[email protected]> on that mailing list if he has any insights (only if desperate on this forth one as Steve is very busy handling this transition and probably doesn’t have time to respond to ever single email, especially if the information is already available somewhere else).

On Saturday, March 2, 2024 11:29:11 PM MST Loren M. Lang wrote:

Hello Mentors,

I was notified that a package of mine is now marked for removal in
testing due to the time_t change. This seems to be with packages that
are indirect build dependencies. I don't see anything in my own package
that uses time_t or date/time operations. I just want to know what my responsibility is for maintaining my package through this. As it does
not seem to be my direct build dependency, I'm not sure if I even need
to consider rebuilding anything.

My specific package is tiv which has a build-dep on cimg-dev and it
seems somewhere down the line it has this:

1062125: gimp: NMU diff for 64-bit time_t transition
https://bugs.debian.org/1062125
1063178: nifticlib: NMU diff for 64-bit time_t transition
https://bugs.debian.org/1063178

Do I need to respond or just wait it out?

Thanks

--
Soren Stoutner
[email protected]
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