Bug#295077: Build-Depends on gettext not strict enough
Quoting Wolfram Gloger (wg@malloc.de):
> Package: apt
> Version: 0.5.28.4
>
> I was trying to build the latest apt from sources today. I happened
> to have gettext_0.11.5-1 installed (the minimum version from
> Build-Depends), and the apt build failed because xgettext did not
> support the --msgid-bugs-address switch.
>
> Upgrading to gettext-0.14.1 lets apt build and run correctly.
> I do not know which exact gettext version added that switch,
> but the NEWS file first mentions it in "Version 0.12".
Well seen, Wolfram.
Matt, I suggest this has to be fixed in both sarge and main
branches. However, I don't see the need for an upload of 0.5 targeted
at sarge, unless this triggers a FTBFS on the autobuilders.
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