Re: xcontrib: update-alternatives beeing called with wrong parameters at config time
On Sat, Jul 24, 1999 at 02:21:28PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> > To Alpha porters: AGAIN?! Do I really need to force using debhelper
> > 2.0.14 to recompile this package?! Does anybody read debian-alpha
> > mailing list, anyway?
>
> Josip, do not get upset. You don't seem to understand that automated
> build daemons are used to build packages. Emailing mailing lists
> won't solve your problem.
I know that. I thought that the owners of the daemons read the mailing list
related to their port.
> The only possible real solution is indeed forcing (in debian/rules)
> debhelper >= 2.0.14. If you do that then the buildd maintainers will read
> the build log and realize how to fix the problem. Otherwise, the build
> with succeed but contain errors such that it cannot be installed.
>
> I personnal do believe this is a release critical bug...
>
> The same problem occured in SPARC. I am fixing manually (binary only
> NMU 3.3.2-5.2.1). However, I have no wish to keep manually fixing
> this with each new version.
Fine. I will set the rules file to demand 2.0.14, and that problem will have
to be fixed. But don't blame me if the new beta debhelper breaks something
else.
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enJoy -*/\*- pronounced 'iosip', or simply 'joseph'
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