Ubuntu
ubuntu-push package

breaks go 1.6 cgo pointer rules

Bug #1534416 reported by Michael Hudson-Doyle
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Bug Description

Go 1.6 tightens the rules on what can be passed from Go to C via cgo:

http://tip.golang.org/cmd/cgo/#hdr-Passing_pointers

A few ubuntu-push tests trip over these, due to two calls in the code base that violate the "pointer to Go data that contains Go pointer" rules:

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-push-hackers/ubuntu-push/trunk/view/head:/messaging/cmessaging/cmessaging.go#L88
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-push-hackers/ubuntu-push/trunk/view/head:/launch_helper/cual/cual.go#L67

Jonas G. Drange (jonas-drange)
affects: ubuntu-push → ubuntu-push (Ubuntu)
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