Bug#678577: ocaml: -custom breaks ocamlrun and ocamldebug

[Stéphane Glondu <glondu@debian.org>]

Le 25/06/2012 17:39, Ed Schwartz a écrit :
> 3. As a developer, I should not need to incorporate Debian specific
> hacks into my project, such as using OCAML_COMPAT.  If Debian needs to
> change or break the behavior of standard, open source tools, the
> Debian scripts should be changed to opt-in to these features, not the
> other way around.

I agree.

> I really think the state of this patch in Debian could be improved, by
> (in order of decreasing preference) 1) fixing the patch so ocamlrun
> and ocamldebug work, 2) making the patch opt-in for Debian packages
> only, 3) documenting the side effects of the patch.

Again, if ocamlrun and ocamldebug work, it means you don't need -custom
in the first place. However, this side effect was unforeseen and I
wouldn't be surprised of others, so I will do 2.


Cheers,

-- 
Stéphane