Bug#932521: kbd-chooser: Don't build against flex-old

[Tommi Vainikainen]

Source: kbd-chooser
Severity: normal

Hi, as a maintainer of flex-old package I'm considering requesting
removing it as obsolete and unmaintained version of flex. kbd-chooser
Build-Depends on flex-old as alternative to current flex. Please build
the package only against current flex by removing references to
flex-old package such as changed in the following patch.

--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: debian-installer
Priority: optional
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-***@lists.debian.org>
Uploaders: Colin Watson <***@debian.org>, Steve McIntyre <***@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), libdebian-installer4-dev (>= 0.41), po-debconf (>= 0.5.0), flex | flex-old , bison, libdebconfclient0-dev (>= 0.49)
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), libdebian-installer4-dev (>= 0.41), po-debconf (>= 0.5.0), flex, bison, libdebconfclient0-dev (>= 0.49)
Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/kbd-chooser
Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/kbd-chooser.git

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tag -1 patch pending

Bug #932521 [src:kbd-chooser] kbd-chooser: Don't build against flex-old
Added tag(s) patch and pending.

[Cyril Brulebois]

Control: tag -1 patch pending

Hi Tommi,

Post by Tommi Vainikainen
Hi, as a maintainer of flex-old package I'm considering requesting
removing it as obsolete and unmaintained version of flex. kbd-chooser
Build-Depends on flex-old as alternative to current flex. Please build
the package only against current flex by removing references to
flex-old package such as changed in the following patch.
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: debian-installer
Priority: optional
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), libdebian-installer4-dev (>= 0.41), po-debconf (>= 0.5.0), flex | flex-old , bison, libdebconfclient0-dev (>= 0.49)
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), libdebian-installer4-dev (>= 0.41), po-debconf (>= 0.5.0), flex, bison, libdebconfclient0-dev (>= 0.49)

Oh wow, archaeology time:
| commit 795a20074750702ba02abd7881e93f02e3b15c44
| Author: Alastair McKinstry <***@debian.org>
| Date: Mon Jul 28 11:07:38 2003 +0000
|
| - Can build with flex | flex-old
| - Prepare for upload
| - Patch to avoid trying to load files we can't handle
| - Changed my email address to ***@debian.org
|
| r3727

Just pushed a commit to master to take care of it, thanks.


Cheers,

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tag -1 pending

Bug #932521 [src:kbd-chooser] kbd-chooser: Don't build against flex-old
Ignoring request to alter tags of bug #932521 to the same tags previously set

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