Re: bibtool: kpathsea: HAVE_PROTOTYPES macro

[Jerome BENOIT <g6299304p@rezozer.net>]

On 22/01/12 10:58, Frank Küster wrote:
> Jerome BENOIT<g6299304p@rezozer.net>  wrote:
>
> > I have just gone through the debian/changelog : in 2006
> >
> >    * Rebuild with new libkpathsea package
>
> So that was with libkpathsea4, now we have libkpathsea5 for a while.
> The new soname version is not completely "clean", but it is much better
> than older versions.
>
> > > You could ask upstream,
> >
> > In the bibtool, when a kpathsea header  is included, HAVE_PROTOTYPE is defined
> >
> >   but I fear in the end the most promising
> > > approach is to test it...
> >
> > in the debian folder, there is a `stresstest' script: I guess it meant for that.
>
> Is it of the same age as that test?

No idea as it is not dated and there is no comment about it in the debian/changelog file.

 Do you have an idea what "works
> better" actually meant,  can it be tested with that script?

The USAGE message says:

 This script runs bibtool with many different arguments and is
intended to help comparing the behaviour of old and new bibtool
binaries when updating the package.


I will give it a try once I finish the packaging.


> > Will it hurt if it is let ?
>
> Again, no idea.
>
> Regards, Frank

Thanks,
Jerome