Bug#905996: nmu: clsync_0.4.1-1

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

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Aurelien Jarno:
> Package: release.debian.org
> Severity: normal
> User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
> Usertags: binnmu
> 
> Hi release team,
> 
> One of the goal of the glibc team for buster is to get rid of the
> multiarch-support package, given that multiarch support in the dynamic
> loader is fully supported in debian for a long time. Debhelper used to
> add this dependency, but it's not the case anymore.
> 
> clsync is one out of two packages left in buster, the other one,
> gtk2-engines-oxygen, should hopefully migrate in the next days.
> Unfortunately clsync has an RC bug in sid, which prevents it to migrate
> to buster. This RC bug is not present in buster, so the package hasn't
> been autoremoved from there.
> 
> Therefore the easiest way to fix the issue is to trigger a binNMU in
> *buster*, against a "recent" debhelper:
> 
> nmu clsync_0.4.1-1 . ANY . buster . -m "Rebuild to remove the pre-dependency on multiarch-support"
> 
> Thanks,
> Aurelien
> 
> [...]

Hi Aurelien,

If the goal is to make testing free of packages (Pre-)Depending on
multiarch-support, then removing clsync from testing is also an option
AFAICT.

I am considering since clsync has had its FTBFS bug against sid for
almost 2 years now with no reaction from its maintainers.

Thanks,
~Niels