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Re: Any volunteer to remove csh dependency of mummer [mummer is marked for autoremoval from testing]



Hi Andreas,

Andreas Tille, on 2020-07-23 09:30:08 +0200:
> csh dependencies are usually unneeded and are creating boring noise in
> all its reverse dependencies.  Lots of our packages are depending from
> mummer and all those are now affected from a potential testing removal
> for the only reason that mummer upstream has a preference for csh over
> POSIX shell.  I'd love to see that go and I wonder whether someone might
> spend some spare cycles on patching mummer to use POSIX shell.

Even though the case for Csh has just been sorted, I happily
volunteer to have a look at mummer, or any other package
depending on Csh, to not depend on it anymore.  I can begin to
have a look at it this evening.

Have a nice day  :)
-- 
Étienne Mollier <etienne.mollier@mailoo.org>
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