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auto-pgp update for #197516 to stable



Bug#197516, against auto-pgp, describes a bug which renders the
package nearly unuseable.  A key component, the passphrase agent
`pgp-pixie', does not work at all with the Perl in current stable.

The patch I supplied changes only pgp-pixie and fixes only that bug.
The maintainer, Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org>, has applied the
patch and built a new version auto-pgp 1.04-7 and uploaded it to
unstable.  (This version is linked against a newer libc than that in
stable so should not be installed there.)

I suggested in my report that since the package is virtually unuseable
without this fix, the new version should go into stable.  Dirk was
unsure whether such an upload to stable would be appropriate and
whether it would be accepted.

So, can you confirm that since this fix to auto-pgp meets the
requirements in the Developers' Reference 5.1
 http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/ch-pkgs.en.html#s-upload-stable
namely that it fixes a critical functionality problem, the fix should
go into stable ?

If so I or Dirk will prepare an appropriate upload for stable.
If not please explain what I'm missing.

Thanks,
Ian.



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