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> severity 876191 minor
Bug #876191 [src:most] most: configure cannot be built from source
Severity set to 'minor' from 'serious'
> retitle 876191 most: configure file cannot be regenerated automatically
Bug #876191 [src:most] most: con
severity 876191 minor
retitle 876191 most: configure file cannot be regenerated automatically
thanks
Greetings!
For the reasons discussed on this bug already, I'm retitling this bug
and reducing its severity. I know Helmut doesn't agree. If we want to
have a bigger conversation about policy on
> On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 12:36:33PM -0800, Benj. Mako Hill wrote:
> > I agree that a hand-modified binary a binary would not mean that you
> > don't need to provide source for that binary. I think there's likely
> > going to be consensus on that in Debian.
>
> That put's you in a difficult spot
On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 12:36:33PM -0800, Benj. Mako Hill wrote:
> I agree that a hand-modified binary a binary would not mean that you
> don't need to provide source for that binary. I think there's likely
> going to be consensus on that in Debian.
That put's you in a difficult spot as to where
Greetings Helmut!
Thanks for engaging productively on this!
> I deliberately avoided the FTBFS language, because it is not a FTBFS.
> It's different. It's like shipping a binary that cannot be regenerated
> and using that during build. The term FTBFS is well defined and does not
> cover this
On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 06:22:05PM -0800, Benj. Mako Hill wrote:
> I'll also say that I'm skeptical about both the severity you've chosen
> here (serious), about describing this as a FTBFS issue, and about your
> suggestion that this is a DFSG issue.
I deliberately avoided the FTBFS language,
Greetings Helmut!
> I was trying to fix a bug in most that requires modifying configure.
> Thus I tried to regenerate it and ... failed.
I'll start by saying that this is a real bug and that I agree that it
should be fixed. And thanks so much for notice and submitting it! And
for trying to fix
Source: most
Version: 5.0.0a-4
Severity: serious
User: helm...@debian.org
Usertags: rebootstrap
I was trying to fix a bug in most that requires modifying configure.
Thus I tried to regenerate it and ... failed.
It seems that configure was generated with autoconf2.61. The archive
does have
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