[Bug 1036283] Please test proposed package

[Steve Langasek]

Hello Sjors, or anyone else affected,

Accepted valgrind into precise-proposed. The package will build now and
be available at
http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/valgrind/1:3.7.0-0ubuntu3.1 in a few
hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to
enable and use -proposed.  Your feedback will aid us getting this update
out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag
from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the
bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to
verification-failed.  In either case, details of your testing will help
us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification .  Thank you in
advance!

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Title:
  callgrind_control cannot connect because of different executable name

Status in “valgrind” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “valgrind” source package in Precise:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  When starting a Callgrind session using "valgrind", the actual executable name is "valgrind.bin". However, when callgrind_control searches for processes, its Perl regexp does not allow for this possibility. See callgrind_control line 32:
  Additionally the code contains several buffer overflows that can break depending on compiler optimizations.

  [TESTCASE]
    $ valgrind --tool=callgrind sleep 100 &
    $ callgrind_control -b
    No active callgrind runs detected.
  After making the change:
    $ valgrind --tool
    $ callgrind_control -b
    PID 23522: sleep 100

  [Regression Potential]
  the program currently doesn't work properly so there is little risk of things getting worse.
  The overflow fixes are applied upstream since several month and the process name fix is also in debian wheezy.

  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: valgrind 1:3.7.0-0ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-27.43-generic 3.2.21
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-27-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu11
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Aug 13 18:30:06 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: valgrind
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-08-02 (11 days ago)

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