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Re: [PATCH] Add old-automake-build-dependency tag



* Niels Thykier (niels@thykier.net) wrote:
> On 2013-10-06 09:29, eric@debian.org wrote:
> > From: Eric Dorland <eric@debian.org>
> > 
> 
> 
> Hi Eric,
> 
> Thanks for your interest in getting rid of old versions of automake.
> 
> I got two questions about this patch.  Is there any reason why we cannot
> simply add these to the "fields/obsolete-packages" data file?  If
> nothing else, it would save us from adding a new test case.  :)

Yes this seems like a much better idea. Chalk this up to my
unfamiliarity with the code. New patch forthcoming.

> And the second question, ...
> 
> > [...]
> > -Needs-Info: index
> > +Needs-Info: debfiles, index
> >  [...]
> 
> Why did you add "debfiles" to Needs-Info?  I cannot see anything your
> changes at first glance that would require it, so I am curious if we got
> some outdated documentation somewhere.

I believe this was some cargo culting from another test. I thought it
was necessary to get package relationships.

-- 
Eric Dorland <eric@kuroneko.ca>
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