Re: Bug#807019: tracking bin-num - broken unison due to binnmu upload
Dear Stéphane,
> But I now understand the problem: unison2.40.102 uses Obj.magic (i.e. an
> unsafe coercion) to cast a format string into a string. The previous
> unison version was compiled with OCaml 4.01.0, where format strings were
> indeed strings. The new version was compiled with OCaml 4.02.3, where it
> is no longer the case. unison2.32.52 should suffer from the same problem.
Uhh, thanks for tracking this down.
> The change done in unison 2.48 to overcome this looks pretty big... I'm
> not sure I'll be able/willing to provide a unison2.40.102 any more.
That would be a pity.
> Moreover, this package was created to provide compatibility with
> previous Debian releases, but another change in OCaml 4.02 makes it
Unfortunately I am even running old-stable, but till now had no
problems using 2.40 with the unison from old-stable. I will need
to look into that how I can keep that running.
Thanks a lot and all the best
Norbert
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