Re: Patch not applied in the current unstable version and not present in lenny

[Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>]

* Vincent Danjean [Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:50:39 +0100]:

> reopen 500183
> found 500183 2.8.6.b-3
> forcemerge 500183 496660
> severity 500183 serious
> thanks

>   Hi,

>   I'm sorry to tell you that the patch proposed in 500183 in not
> applied in hplip 2.8.6.b-3 (whereas the changelog says it has been
> applied in 2.8.6.b-2)
>   Manually patching /usr/bin/hp-makeuri (ie modifying the 3 lines
> with "vi") with the patch provided in 500183 solves 500183 and 496660.

>   I do not check at all why this patch has not been applied during
> the package building.

>   Best regards
>     Vincent

> PS: I've been hit again by these bugs during a etch->lenny upgrade today
> (ie the hplip 2.8.6.b-1 in lenny does not have this 3 lines patch).
> I think you should really consider asking for a freeze exception
> for this bug for lenny. The patch is simple and the bug is really
> annoying and difficult to find and workaround for someone not
> experimented (so my CC to debian-release).

> I mark this bug as serious to be sure it will be fixed for lenny
> (feel free to downgrade the severity if you really disagree)

Hello, Vincent. Seeing almost two weeks passed by, could you perhaps
prepare a NMU adding that patch to -3?

Thanks,

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Adeodato Simó                                     dato at net.com.org.es
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