I forgot to mention the NMU in the changelog explicitely. I uploaded another package with a complete changelog entry. Cheers, Michael On Sat, Oct 21, 2006 at 09:16:50PM +0200, Michael Hanke wrote: > tags 360920 patch > > thanks > > > Hi, > > I found out that the tix-dev does not install the essential tix.h. This > is extremly inconvenient, if you need tix. There is a bugreport about this that is > almost 200 days old, without a response by the maintainer. > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=360920 > > I'm not sure why this bug has severity 'normal'. A significant part of > the package is pretty useless without the header. > > I fixed the bug and uploaded the NMU to mentors.d.n. Because this is > already the third NMU in a row this message is send to debian-devel > directly (maintainer is CC'ed). > > I'd be glad if someone could upload the package (I'm not a DD). I have > to admit that the fix is not the most beautiful. However, it is fairly > simple and should work. Please see the attached diff. > > And yes, the package is anything else than lintian clean! > > The package is here: > > http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/t/tix/tix_8.4.0-4.3.dsc > > or > > http://mentors.debian.net/cgi-bin/sponsor-pkglist?action=details;package=tix > > > Thanks in advance, > > > Michael > > > > -- > GPG key: 1024D/3144BE0F Michael Hanke > http://apsy.gse.uni-magdeburg.de/hanke > ICQ: 48230050 > diff -rNu tix-8.4.0.old/debian/changelog tix-8.4.0/debian/changelog > --- tix-8.4.0.old/debian/changelog 2006-10-21 21:02:15.000000000 +0200 > +++ tix-8.4.0/debian/changelog 2006-10-21 21:02:27.000000000 +0200 > @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ > +tix (8.4.0-4.3) unstable; urgency=low > + > + * Modified debian/rules to manually install missing tix.h (Closes: #360920). > + > + -- Michael Hanke <michael.hanke@gmail.com> Sat, 21 Oct 2006 20:57:25 +0200 > + > tix (8.4.0-4.2) unstable; urgency=low > > * Non-maintainer upload. > diff -rNu tix-8.4.0.old/debian/rules tix-8.4.0/debian/rules > --- tix-8.4.0.old/debian/rules 2006-10-21 21:02:15.000000000 +0200 > +++ tix-8.4.0/debian/rules 2006-10-21 21:02:27.000000000 +0200 > @@ -108,7 +108,10 @@ > pkglibdir=/usr/lib/tix$(tix_version) \ > PKG_LIB_FILE=libTix$(tix_version).so.1 \ > > - # Move things around > + : # install missing tix.h > + cp $(CURDIR)/generic/tix.h $(d_dev)/usr/include > + > + : # Move things around > > mv $(d_run)/usr/lib/tix$(tix_version)/*.so* $(d_run)/usr/lib/ > mv $(d_run)/usr/lib/tix$(tix_version)/*.a $(d_dev)/usr/lib/ -- GPG key: 1024D/3144BE0F Michael Hanke http://apsy.gse.uni-magdeburg.de/hanke ICQ: 48230050
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