Bug#908523: libcppunit-dev: cppunit.m4 is no more provided
Package: libcppunit-dev
Version: 1.14.0-3
Severity: important
Hello,
The file /usr/share/aclocal/cppunit.m4 is not (no more) provided by this
package.
From /usr/share/doc/libcppunit-dev/changelog.gz I found:
2016-10-15 Markus Mohrhard <markus.mohrhard@googlemail.com> [fcc84eec40acf8506f2a5fcc3fe0399663d1ce18]
cppunit.m4 is gone
But /usr/share/doc/libcppunit-dev/README.Debian contains a documentation
of the M4 macro AM_PATH_CPPUNIT()
Another strange thing is that /usr/share/aclocal/cppunit.m4 is listed as
provided by libcppunit-dev from unstable by https://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=contents&keywords=cppunit.m4&mode=filename&suite=unstable&arch=any
The version 1.13.2-2.1 from stable provides the cppunit.m4
I guess the file disappeared with version 1.14.
I could not find a replacement for cppunit.m4 in https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/The-Macros.html#The-Macros
If upstream decided to remove cppunit.m4, which looks to be the case,
then maybe you should remove the file
/usr/share/doc/libcppunit-dev/README.Debian
I also note that cppunit-config was also removed. Using cppunit.m4 from the Debian stable does not work without cppunit-config.
I suggest to:
- remove README.Debian or, at least, change its content.
- add a line in changelog that cppunit-config and cppunit.m4 have been removed upstream and are no more provided
Regards,
-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-7-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.utf8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=fr_FR.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: unable to detect
Versions of packages libcppunit-dev depends on:
ii libcppunit-1.14-0 1.14.0-3
libcppunit-dev recommends no packages.
Versions of packages libcppunit-dev suggests:
pn libcppunit-doc <none>
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