Bug#982559: xscorch Build-Depends on libreadline-gplv2-dev which has been removed

I would thus propose simply dropping the build-dependency, a debdiff doing that is attached, I may or may not NMU it later. I have gone ahead with the NMU, final debdiff is attatched. diff -Nru xscorch-0.2.1/debian/changelog xscorch-0.2.1/debian/changelog --- xscorch-0.2.1/debian/changelog

Bug#982559: xscorch Build-Depends on libreadline-gplv2-dev which has been removed

* peter green [210214 17:52]: > I would thus propose simply dropping the build-dependency, a debdiff doing > that is > attached, I may or may not NMU it later. I'd suggest you do the NMU (soon), as Jacob apparently hasn't been active for a while. Thanks, Chris

Bug#982559: xscorch Build-Depends on libreadline-gplv2-dev which has been removed

tags 982559 +patch thanks Taking a poke through the source it seems there is a bunch of logic in the build system to detect if readline is available, but I can't find any evidence of any code actually using readline. After removing the build-dependency I can successfully build xscorch in an

Bug#982559: xscorch Build-Depends on libreadline-gplv2-dev which has been removed

Package: xscorch Version: 0.2.1-1+nmu5 Severity: serious Justification: FTBFS User: trei...@debian.org Usertags: edos-uninstallable Hi, libreadline-gplv2-dev has been removed from unstable [1]. Don't ask me how that is possible as your package still Build-Depends on it, but it happened. Please