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[Bug 908508] Re: Firefox/Thunderbird 10 FTBFS on powerpc in js/src/yarr/pcre

 

We might be able to get the patch in for the next beta release (towards
the end of the week), depending on how much non-PPC specific code it
touches. In any case, we don't normally do out-of-band uploads,
especially ones which have only PPC fixes, as they're basically a no-
change rebuild for all of the other architectures (which means an armel
builder tied up for an entire day for no reason, plus retriggering a
reupload of our build symbols).

This is becoming a pain though, as powerpc is breaking for every 6-week
Firefox release, and we're having to land patches late in the beta cycle
to fix it (we're only 2 weeks away from the Firefox 1

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Title:
  Firefox/Thunderbird 10 FTBFS on powerpc in js/src/yarr/pcre

Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser:
  In Progress
Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “thunderbird” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Debian has the fix, so I'll add it to the branch and it should work
  with the next upload.

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