Bug#872087: Pending fixes for bugs in the liburi-perl package

2017-10-13 Thread Hugh McMaster
On Monday, 09 Oct 2017 21:49:31 +, Florian Schlichting wrote: > Some bugs in the liburi-perl package are closed in revision > 3d45d9faf1a6fcf00ac4646d8aa20a81cd3e24f7 in branch 'master' by > Florian Schlichting [...] Thanks for working on this, Florian. When will the package be available in

Bug#877610: RFS: libexif/0.6.21-2.1 [NMU]

2017-10-07 Thread Hugh McMaster
Dear Mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for an NMU to the package "libexif". The current maintainer has given approval for this NMU [1]. * Package name: libexif Version: 0.6.21-2.1 Upstream Author : Dan Fandrich * URL: http://libexif.sourceforge.net/ * License:

Bug#877610: RFS: libexif/0.6.21-2.1 [NMU]

2017-10-06 Thread Hugh McMaster
Hi Adam, On Friday, 6 October 2017 1:17 PM, Adam Borowski wrote: > # Does your NMU really fix bugs? ("Bugs" means any kind of bugs, e.g. > # wishlist bugs for packaging a new upstream version, but care should be > # taken to minimize the impact to the maintainer.) Fixing cosmetic issues or > #

Bug#877610: RFS: libexif/0.6.21-2.1 [NMU]

2017-10-05 Thread Hugh McMaster
po/en_GB.po Copyright: 2010, Robert Readman License: LGPL-2.1+ This causes lintian to complain that the first occurrence is not used. I'm not sure how to fix this, as in one case, the licence is different. [1] https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.html#nmu [2] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=786562 -- Hugh McMaster

Bug#877691: libsane-dev: File conflict causes multi-arch installation failure

2017-10-04 Thread Hugh McMaster
Hi Jörg, On Wednesday, 04 Octiber 2017, 20:56:23 +0200, Jörg Frings-Fürst wrote: > Thats the same bug as in [1] and [2] and was fixed in at > 1.0.27-1~experimental1. The BTS shows that 1.0.27-1~experimental2 was uploaded two months ago. When are you planning to release the package to unstable?

Bug#877691: libsane-dev: File conflict causes multi-arch installation failure

2017-10-04 Thread Hugh McMaster
Package: libsane-dev Version: 1.0.25-4.1 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, The package libsane-dev is no longer multi-arch installable. A diff of the i386 and amd64 binary packages reveals a file conflict in /usr/share/doc/libsane-dev/sane.ps.gz. Also, attempting to install the i386 variant

Bug#786562: NMU source changes

2017-10-03 Thread Hugh McMaster
Dear Maintainer, The following diff file indicates the changes made to libexif. -- Hugh McMaster libexif-nmu-changes.diff Description: libexif-nmu-changes.diff

Bug#877610: RFS: libexif/0.6.21-2.1 [NMU]

2017-10-03 Thread Hugh McMaster
tian). - Remove '--with autoreconf' (now handled by debhelper level 10). - Fix grammatical errors in a comment. * debian/source/lintian-overrides: - Override 'unused-file-paragraph-in-dep5-copyright' warnings. Regards, Hugh McMaster

Bug#786562: NMU via RFS for multi-arch support and the security bugs

2017-10-03 Thread Hugh McMaster
Dear Maintainer, I have prepared an NMU to fix both this bug and the CVE security bugs (#873022 and #876466). I am uploading the NMU to mentors.debian.net for review and approval by a Debian sponsor. Thank you. -- Hugh McMaster

Bug#876132: freetype: Please upgrade to 2.8.1

2017-09-30 Thread Hugh McMaster
On Friday, 29 September 2017, 15:00:02 +0200, Laurent Bigonville wrote: > Yes I saw that, I already extended the delay for 5 days the other day. Thanks for extending the delay after I messaged you on IRC. > It seems that wine is already patched upstream, so fixing it in debian > shouldn't be

Bug#877047: RFS: sane-backends-extras/1.0.22.5 [QA]

2017-09-29 Thread Hugh McMaster
On Friday, 29 September 2017 5:37 AM, Herbert Fortes wrote: > Uploaded. Thanks for you time. Thank you, Herbert. Kind regards, Hugh

Bug#877047: RFS: sane-backends-extras/1.0.22.5 [QA]

2017-09-27 Thread Hugh McMaster
). * debian/rules: - Remove '--with=autotools_dev' (now handled by debhelper level 10). * doc/sane-geniusvp2.man: - Fix spelling errors (lintian). * Rename configure.in to configure.ac (lintian). Regards, Hugh McMaster

Bug#876183: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev: Please split the development binaries into a separate package

2017-09-20 Thread Hugh McMaster
On Wednesday, 20 September 2017 2:56 AM, Michael Biebl wrote: > It's not quite as simple as that. We need to verify that the binaries > provided by libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev-bin work as Multi-Arch: foreign, i.e. > their output needs to be arch independent. Hi Michael, I didn't think it would be as

Bug#876183: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev: Please split the development binaries into a separate package

2017-09-19 Thread Hugh McMaster
Package: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev Version: 2.36.5-2 Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer, The package libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev is not multi-arch compatible, as the binary files in /usr/bin differ across architectures. Please split the binary file into a separate development package: libgdk-

Bug#870618: NMU for freetype 2.8-0.3

2017-09-18 Thread Hugh McMaster
Hi Steve, I haven't heard from you lately, so I'd like to do an NMU for freetype 2.8-0.3 via RFS. A diff with the package changes is attached. Hugh freetype_2.8-0.3-changes.diff Description: freetype_2.8-0.3-changes.diff

Bug#876132: freetype: Please upgrade to 2.8.1

2017-09-18 Thread Hugh McMaster
On Monday, 18 September 2017 at 23:35:20 +0200, Laurent Bigonville wrote: > I've uploaded the new version to the DELAYED/10 queue, please test I think we should hold this version for a while. It seems 2.8.1 is causing build problems and runtime crashes on Arch systems with Wine. See, for

Bug#876062: perl-doc: Please mark the package Multi-Arch: foreign

2017-09-17 Thread Hugh McMaster
Package: perl-doc Version: 5.26.0-8 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Dear Maintainer, The package perl-doc is Architecture: all and cannot differ across architectures (e.g. i386 and amd64). As a result, there are no architecture-specific paths present in the package. Please mark the package

Bug#875728: libgtk2.0-dev: Please remove dh_gtkmodules

2017-09-13 Thread Hugh McMaster
Package: libgtk2.0-dev Version: 2.24.31-2 Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer, The dh_gtkmodules script was deprecated when gtk+2.0 (2.21.5-1) was released more than seven years ago. Please remove this script from the libgtk2.0-dev package, as it uses hard-coded paths that are not multi-arch

Bug#875650: python3-mako: Please make the package multi-arch compatible

2017-09-12 Thread Hugh McMaster
Package: python3-mako Version: 1.0.7+ds1-1 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Dear Maintainer, The package python3-mako is Architecture: all and cannot conflict across different architectures e.g. i386 and amd64). Please mark the package Multi-Arch: foreign to allow other software to pull this

Bug#875649: libgirepository1.0-doc: Please mark the package Multi-Arch: foreign

2017-09-12 Thread Hugh McMaster
Package: libgirepository1.0-doc Version: 1.53.2-4 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Dear Maintainer, The package libgirepository1.0-doc is Architecture: all and cannot differ across architectures (e.g. i386 and amd64). Therefore, the package should be marked Multi-Arch: foreign to satisfy Debian's

Bug#875648: libgraphite2-doc: Please mark the package Multi-Arch: foreign

2017-09-12 Thread Hugh McMaster
Package: libgraphite2-doc Version: 1.3.10-2 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Dear Maintainer, The package libgraphite2-doc is Architecture: all and cannot conflict across different architectures (e.g. i386 and amd64). Please mark the package Multi-Arch: foreign to satisfy Debian's binary package

Bug#875647: libgraphite2-dev: Please mark the package Multi-Arch: same

2017-09-12 Thread Hugh McMaster
Package: libgraphite2-dev Version: 1.3.10-2 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Dear Maintainer, The package libgraphite2-dev is not multi-arch compatible. This affects the development of other software that depends on libgraphite2-dev. A comparison of the i386 and amd64 variants shows no

Bug#872265: please drop transitional package libpcap-dev

2017-09-11 Thread Hugh McMaster
Package: libpcap-dev Version: 1.8.1-4 Followup-For: Bug #872265 If dropping the package is not desirable, please mark the package Multi-Arch: foreign to satisfy other packages that build-depend on libpcap-dev. Alternatively, making libpcap-dev the primary development package would be beneficial,

Bug#856160: nettle-dev: Please transition nettle-dev to multi-arch

2017-09-10 Thread Hugh McMaster
/ > #if NETTLE_USE_MINI_GMP > # define GMP_NUMB_BITS n/a > #endif Using "n/a" resolves the multi-arch conflict across Debian architectures. Thank you! -- Hugh McMaster

Bug#856160: nettle-dev: Please transition nettle-dev to multi-arch

2017-09-10 Thread Hugh McMaster
eeding limits.h though. sed -i 's/\(\# define GMP_NUMB_BITS\).*/\1 \(__SIZEOF_LONG__ \* CHAR_BIT\)/' $(CURDIR)/version.h # define GMP_NUMB_BITS 64 --> # define GMP_NUMB_BITS (__SIZEOF_LONG__ * CHAR_BIT) -- Hugh McMaster

Bug#874330: cinnamon-doc: Please make the package multi-arch aware

2017-09-05 Thread Hugh McMaster
Package: cinnamon-doc Version: 3.2.7-4 Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer, Please mark cinnamon-doc as Multi-Arch: foreign to satisfy the Debian duplication check. -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64

Bug#874328: cinnamon-session-common: Please make the package multi-arch aware

2017-09-05 Thread Hugh McMaster
Package: cinnamon-session-common Version: 3.2.0-4 Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer, Please mark the package cinnamon-session-common as Multi-Arch: foreign to satisfy Debian's binary package duplication detector. Thank you. -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers

Bug#874327: cinnamon-l10n: Please make the package multi-arch aware

2017-09-05 Thread Hugh McMaster
Package: cinnamon-l10n Version: 3.2.2-2 Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer, Please mark the package cinnamon-l10n as Multi-Arch: foreign to satisfy Debian's binary package duplication check. Thank you -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500,

Bug#870618: libfreetype6-dev: Remove freetype-config

2017-08-30 Thread Hugh McMaster
e script will be removed in a future release, this would also solve the multi-arch conflict in freetype-config. >>On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 02:49:22AM +, Hugh McMaster wrote: > >> --- debian/rules  2017-08-27 17:59:43.522265000 +1000 >> +++ debian/rules 

Bug#872550: libidn2-dev is not multi-arch compatible

2017-08-30 Thread Hugh McMaster
Package: libidn2-dev Version: 2.0.2-3 Followup-For: Bug #872550 Dear Maintainer, libidn2-dev is now in Debian Testing, but it is not multi-arch compatible. A comparison of the i386 and amd64 packages shows no file conflicts. Please mark the package "Multi-Arch: same" by applying the following

Bug#837898: Please remove icu-config as it is no longer used by libicu-dev's reverse dependencies

2017-08-28 Thread Hugh McMaster
On Monday, 28 August 2017 7:24 AM, László Böszörményi (GCS) wrote: > On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 10:52 AM, Hugh McMaster wrote: >> I have checked all 19 reverse dependencies of libicu-dev. Only one >> package (fis-gtm-6.3-000a) uses icu-config, and even then, it >> is only us

Bug#856160: nettle-dev: Please transition nettle-dev to multi-arch

2017-08-27 Thread Hugh McMaster
Package: nettle-dev Version: 3.3-1+b1 Followup-For: Bug #856160 Dear Maintainer, The attached patch fixes the header conflict in nettle-dev. Once it is applied, the package can be marked Multi-Arch: same. -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers testing APT policy:

Bug#872411: unixodbc-dev is not multi-arch compatible

2017-08-27 Thread Hugh McMaster
Package: unixodbc-dev Version: 2.3.4-1 Followup-For: Bug #872411 Dear Maintainer, The attached patch fixes the header conflict in unixodbc-dev. Once the patch is applied, the package can be marked Multi-Arch: same. -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers testing

Bug#872550: libidn2-0-dev is not multi-arch compatible

2017-08-18 Thread Hugh McMaster
Package: libidn2-0-dev Version: 2.0.2-1 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Dear Maintainer, libidn2-0-dev is not multi-arch compatible. There are two conflicts: (1) usr/share/doc/libidn2-0-dev/libidn2.pdf (2) usr/share/info/libidn2.info.gz These conflicts, however, have been fixed in the new

Bug#872411: unixodbc-dev is not multi-arch compatible

2017-08-17 Thread Hugh McMaster
Package: unixodbc-dev Version: 2.3.4-1 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Dear Maintainer, The package unixodbc-dev is not multi-arch compatible and cannot be installed on multiple architectures (e.g. amd64 and i386) simultaneously. This seriously inhibits projects such as Wine, which uses the

Bug#872315: rename: Please make rename multi-arch compatible

2017-08-16 Thread Hugh McMaster
Package: rename Version: 0.20-4 Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer, The package rename is not multi-arch compatible, so it cannot satisfy build dependencies across different architectures (e.g. i386 and amd64). The package is already Architecture: all, so there are no conflicts with files

Bug#872088: libwww-perl: Please make libwww-perl multi-arch compatible

2017-08-14 Thread Hugh McMaster
Package: libwww-perl Version: 6.15-2 Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer, The package libwww-perl is Architecture: all, but cannot satisfy build dependencies across multiple architectures. The package installs files in /usr/share/* and /usr/bin. These files cannot differ across architectures

Bug#872087: liburi-perl: Please make liburi-perl multi-arch compatible

2017-08-14 Thread Hugh McMaster
Package: liburi-perl Version: 1.72-1 Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer, The package liburi-perl is Architecture: all, but cannot satisfy build dependencies across multiple architectures. The package only installs files in /usr/share/*, making it a good candidate to be marked Multi-Arch:

Bug#856160: Please redefine GMP_NUMB_BITS to resolve a multi-arch conflict

2017-08-11 Thread Hugh McMaster
Dear Maintainer, #define NETTLE_USE_MINI_GMP 0 /* We need a preprocessor constant for GMP_NUMB_BITS, simply using sizeof(mp_limb_t) * CHAR_BIT is not good enough. */ #if NETTLE_USE_MINI_GMP -# define GMP_NUMB_BITS 32 +# define GMP_NUMB_BITS 64 #endif Although NETTLE_USE_MINI_GMP is

Bug#837898: Please remove icu-config as it is no longer used by libicu-dev's reverse dependencies

2017-08-10 Thread Hugh McMaster
Package: libicu-dev Version: 57.1-6 Followup-For: Bug #837898 Dear Maintainer, I have checked all 19 reverse dependencies of libicu-dev. Only one package (fis-gtm-6.3-000a) uses icu-config, and even then, it is only used if detected during configure. If not present, the configure script works

Bug#870618: libfreetype6-dev: Remove freetype-config

2017-08-03 Thread Hugh McMaster
Package: libfreetype6-dev Version: 2.8-0.2 Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer, The package libfreetype6-dev is still not multi-arch compatible. In #666761, you stated that you will not accept patches that remove freetype- config, as the interface is used by reverse dependencies. This is no

Bug#760370: libpcap0.8-dev is still not Multi-Arch compatible

2017-07-29 Thread Hugh McMaster
Dear Maintainer, libpcap0.8-dev is very close to being multi-arch compatible. As Francois pointed out back in February 2015, the only problem is in pcap-config. Francois' patch also remains a valid solution. Have you made any progress on resolving this issue? Or do you need help with

Bug#869759: libxml-simple-perl: Update libxml-simple-perl to version 2.24

2017-07-26 Thread Hugh McMaster
Package: libxml-simple-perl Version: 2.22-1 Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer, Please update libxml-simple-perl to the latest upstream version, which is 2.24. This version contains some bug fixes that would be useful in the Debian repositories. -- System Information: Debian Release:

Bug#869758: libxml-simple-perl is not Multi-Arch compatible

2017-07-26 Thread Hugh McMaster
Package: libxml-simple-perl Version: 2.22-1 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Dear Maintainer, The package libxml-simple-perl is not Multi-Arch compatible, so the package cannot be installed concurrently on multiple architectures (e.g. amd64 and i386). This is a limitation to building 32-bit Wine

Bug#865307: khronos-api: The khronos-api package description needs minor improvement

2017-07-02 Thread Hugh McMaster
Dear Maintainer, This bug is still present. Has any progress been made on resolving this issue? Do you need any help with testing or anything else? -- Hugh McMaster

Bug#865308: khronos-api is not Multi-Arch compatible

2017-07-02 Thread Hugh McMaster
Dear Maintainer, This bug is still present. Has any progress been made on resolving this issue? Do you need any help with testing or anything else? -- Hugh McMaster

Bug#834714: libxslt1-dev: arch-dependent file in "Multi-Arch: same" package

2017-07-02 Thread Hugh McMaster
Dear Maintainers, The xsltconfig.h file is still architecture-dependent. The LIBXSLT_DEFAULT_PLUGINS_PATH() line is the only code differing between architectures. If the file is to remain architecture-dependent, it should probably move to /usr/include//libxslt. This would enable better

Bug#865308: khronos-api is not Multi-Arch compatible

2017-06-20 Thread Hugh McMaster
Package: khronos-api Version: 0~svn29735-1.1 Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer, The package khronos-api is not Multi-Arch compatible, so the package cannot be installed concurrently for multiple architectures (e.g. amd64 and i386). This is a limitation to building 32-bit Wine on amd64, as the

Bug#865307: khronos-api: The khronos-api package description needs minor improvement

2017-06-20 Thread Hugh McMaster
Package: khronos-api Version: 0~svn29735-1.1 Severity: minor Dear Maintainer, The description for the khronos-api package contains excess whitespace, which causes the description to appear incorrectly when using the GDebi Package Installer and Synaptic (e.g. in GDebi there is an excess newline.)

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