Bug#507365: "dh_installtex --flavor ..." doesn't work with recent debhelper

[Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>]

On So, 30 Nov 2008, Roderich Schupp wrote:
> With recent debhelper (>= 7.1.0), debhelper programs like dh_installtex
> need to define their own special options (e.g. --flavors) by passing a
> hash to init(),

Bummer. I hate it when debhelper people just change things without
averting those who are writing dh_* scripts ...

Is it that hard to have a list of dh_* script authors somewhere and send
them a warning message!! This is already the second time something got
seriouly messed up.

> Fix attached.

Thanks a lot, I will incorporate it. But I guess I have to depend on
debhelper >= some version, right? And then it cannot go into testing,
and then I don't want to upload to unstable.

If all that is like I fear, why didn't debhelper people not upload to
experimental????

Best wishes

Norbert

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Dr. Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>        Vienna University of Technology
Debian Developer <preining@debian.org>                         Debian TeX Group
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