On Sun, Dec 03, 2017 at 12:19:53PM +0100, Lukas Schwaighofer wrote: >Hi, > >the maintainer of gnu-efi has updated the package to 3.0.6 in >experimental (I had actually asked for this in #880506 [1]). The new >version of gnu-efi causes syslinux to FTBFS. > >I have reviewed and added the patches from upstream's mailing list to >restore compatibility with the new gnu-efi version. In my tests >everything went fine. > >While I have no idea how this transition will be handled by the release >team (especially considering that none of the other reverse build >dependencies of gnu-efi has a "Built-Using" control field), I think >it's a good idea to upload this new version of syslinux to experimental. > >I've pushed my changes the debian/experimental branch in the git >repository: > https://anonscm.debian.org/git/debian-cd/syslinux.git >Please review my changes (and sponsor if you're satisfied).
Hey Lukas, Everything else looks ok, but I'm curious - why are we using Build-Depends-Indep for gnu-efi? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [email protected] "C++ ate my sanity" -- Jon Rabone
