Bug#193748: marked as done ([ACCEPTED] gcc-3.3 no longer has <varargs.h>)
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From: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: debian-policy: gcc-3.3 no longer has <varargs.h>
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Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.5.10.0
Severity: wishlist
In gcc-3.3, which is now the default C compiler in unstable, <varargs.h>
just does the following:
#error "GCC no longer implements <varargs.h>."
#error "Revise your code to use <stdarg.h>."
Policy currently says:
The include file `<varargs.h>' is provided to support end-users
compiling very old software; the library `libtermcap' is provided to
support the execution of software which has been linked against it
(either old programs or those such as Netscape which are only
available in binary form).
Debian packages should be patched to use `<stdarg.h>' and `ncurses'
instead.
In light of recent changes, I suggest that policy should instead say:
The include file `<varargs.h>' was once provided to support
end-users compiling very old software; the library `libtermcap' is
provided to support the execution of software which has been linked
against it (either old programs or those such as Netscape which are
only available in binary form).
Debian packages using `<varargs.h>' must be patched to use
`<stdarg.h>' instead; packages using `libtermcap' should be patched
to use `ncurses' instead.
(The extra "must" is really just informational, since anything that
tries to use <varargs.h> without hacks to build-depend on some older
version of gcc has a serious bug anyway due to not building from
source.)
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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From: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
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Subject: Bug#193748: fixed in debian-policy 3.6.1.0
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We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
debian-policy, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
debian-policy_3.6.1.0.dsc
to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.6.1.0.dsc
debian-policy_3.6.1.0.tar.gz
to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.6.1.0.tar.gz
debian-policy_3.6.1.0_all.deb
to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.6.1.0_all.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 193748@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
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Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> (supplier of updated debian-policy package)
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Hash: SHA1
Format: 1.7
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
Source: debian-policy
Binary: debian-policy
Architecture: source all
Version: 3.6.1.0
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
Changed-By: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
Description:
debian-policy - Debian Policy Manual and related documents
Closes: 176506 187250 187297 188030 193748 200440 203728
Changes:
debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
.
Josip:
* Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
closes: #193748.
Manoj:
* Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
* Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
* Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
--oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
running. closes: Bug#187250
* invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
* Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
* [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
user closes: Bug#176506
Files:
1a03f67a3afd331c290c41f5c0008441 798 doc optional debian-policy_3.6.1.0.dsc
7dbe3ca1df000212517bf29b0453aad2 569342 doc optional debian-policy_3.6.1.0.tar.gz
3759654780361dbc9f52c426e1e13c4f 1209866 doc optional debian-policy_3.6.1.0_all.deb
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