Helmut Grohne <[email protected]> writes:

> Source: ssh-askpass
> Version: 1:1.2.4.1-9
> Tags: patch upstream
> User: [email protected]
> Usertags: rebootstrap
> Control: block 873764 by -1
>
> ssh-askpass fails to cross build from source, because ... it uses xmkmf.
> I looked at xmkmf hard and there seems to be no way to make this work at
> all. I talked to vorlon, and we agreed that xmkmf should just die
> (#873764). As such I am asking you to migrate away from xmkmf. I am
> attaching a patch moves to autoconf in a minimal way that makes the
> binary package look mostly equal to the original package (according to
> diffoscope). Oh and the patch makes cross building work. Can you apply
> it? Or at least, can you remove xmkmf usage?

Done, and thanks very much for the patch, and the nudge.

I've been neglecting this package for way too long, so that gave me a
reason to fix some old bugs too.  :-)

Cheers, Phil.
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