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Bug#773490: (pre-upload) unblock: gcc-mingw-w64/14.3



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On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 12:39:56AM +0100, Stephen Kitt wrote:
> I would like to know if the following changes to gcc-mingw-w64 would
> be acceptable for Jessie, before uploading the package to unstable;
> they fix #773342, a serious bug filed against mingw32 (upgrading from
> Wheezy causes the package to lose its copyright file).

Yes, with a small query:

> --- a/debian/rules
> +++ b/debian/rules
> @@ -254,6 +254,9 @@ binary-indep: build-indep
>         dh_link -i
>         dh_compress -i
>         dh_fixperms -i
> +# This is the first version where we fix up the /usr/share/doc/mingw32 link
> +# Once this is in the archive we'll switch to a first_split_version-style approach
> +       echo dir_to_symlink /usr/share/doc/mingw32 /usr/share/doc/gcc-mingw-w64-base $(deb_version)~ mingw32 > debian/mingw32.maintscript
>         dh_installdeb -i

Is there a reason for not just creating debian/migw32.maintscript in the
package? Why generate it as part of the build?

> Note that this package builds using gcc-4.9-source, and allowing it to
> transition from unstable to Jessie would effectively mean pulling
> unstable's gcc-4.9 source into Jessie too. If necessary I can upload
> to unstable and upload again to t-p-u once the unstable package has
> aged enough.

Let's go with your second plan please - fix in unstable and then upload to
t-p-u later.

Thanks,

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Jonathan Wiltshire                                      jmw@debian.org
Debian Developer                         http://people.debian.org/~jmw

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