[Fwd: Bug#387557: pcre3: Please ship pcre_internal.h]

[Mark Baker <mark@mnb.org.uk>]

What do people think about this?

Personally I feel that the "internal" in the name really should have 
been a big enough clue, and I don't want to include a file that's not 
meant to be used just because some idiots have written software that 
needs it.

I'm not even sure it will work; what is it that emboss wants it for?

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• To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
• Subject: Bug#387557: pcre3: Please ship pcre_internal.h
• From: Charles Plessy <charles-debian-nospam@plessy.org>
• Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:28:32 +0900
• Message-id: <20060915012832.22000.23499.reportbug@sorbet.igloo>
• Reply-to: Charles Plessy <charles-debian-nospam@plessy.org>, 387557@bugs.debian.org

Package: pcre3
Severity: wishlist

Dear Mark,

I am building packages for EMBOSS, the European Molecular Biology
Software Suite (www.emboss.org). They ship an old version of pcre, and
build against it. As a result, the package contains files wich conflict
with Debian's pcre3.

I am trying to solve this by building EMBOSS against Debian's pcre
packages, but EMBOSS uses pcre_internal.h, which is not shipped. Do you
think that you could add them to your packages?

Ahemm... and as I am trying to finish the packaging before the freeze,
do you think that you could add the pcre_internal.h to pcre3 before the
freeze too? Do you need me to submit a patch?

Thanks a lot, and have a nice day,

-- 
Charles Plessy
Debian-Med packaging team

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