Bug#469294: texlive-base-bin: /usr/bin/thumbpdf: deprecated Perl warning
Jens Seidel <jensseidel@users.sf.net> wrote:
> Package: texlive-base-bin
> Version: 2007.dfsg.1-2
> Severity: minor
>
> Hi,
>
> debiandoc2latexpdf uses thumbpdf which always warns:
>
> defined(@array) is deprecated at /usr/bin/thumbpdf line 816.
> (Maybe you should just omit the defined()?)
>
> thumbpdf is Perl code and contains indeed a defined() in line 816. Could
> you please check whether it is save to remove it?
No, sorry, we cannot. The TeX Task Force is too low on manpower to be
able to do that. Either you do it yourself and provide a
(backwards-compatible) patch, or you ask the upstream author for help
(Heiko Oberdiek IIRC).
Regards, Frank
--
Frank Küster
Debian Developer (teTeX/TeXLive)
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