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and subject line Bug#1121056: fixed in ghc 9.10.3-1
has caused the Debian Bug report #1121056,
regarding ghc: Reference to deprecated common-licenses BSD file
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Source: ghc
Severity: important
Tags: patch
Please remove the /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD reference in
debian/gen_contents_index, which shall not be used anymore.
I am attaching a patch with the OSI's version of the BSD-3-clause.
diff --git a/p/ghc/debian/gen_contents_index b/p/ghc/debian/gen_contents_index
index afe148561b..fc1c851b26 100644
--- a/p/ghc/debian/gen_contents_index
+++ b/p/ghc/debian/gen_contents_index
@@ -1,7 +1,29 @@
#! /usr/bin/perl
# gen_contents_index, written for Debian by Kari Pahula
# Copyright 2009 Kari Pahula
-# Licensed under BSD3, see /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+# are met:
+# 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+# 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+# documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+# 3. Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its contributors
+# may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+# without specific prior written permission.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS''
+# AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+# IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
ARE
+# DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+# FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+# DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+# OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+# HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+# LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+# OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+# SUCH DAMAGE.
use Cwd qw(abs_path);
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Source: ghc
Source-Version: 9.10.3-1
Done: Ilias Tsitsimpis <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
ghc, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
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Ilias Tsitsimpis <[email protected]> (supplier of updated ghc package)
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Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2026 23:10:23 +0200
Source: ghc
Architecture: source
Version: 9.10.3-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Haskell Group
<[email protected]>
Changed-By: Ilias Tsitsimpis <[email protected]>
Closes: 1115801 1116556 1121056 1124045
Changes:
ghc (9.10.3-1) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* Backport patch to fix FTBFS on hurd-any.
Thanks to Samuel Thibault for the fix (Closes: #1116556).
* Upload to unstable (Closes: #1115801, #1124045)
* Remove reference to deprecated common-licenses BSD file
Thanks to Bastian Germann for the fix (Closes: #1121056).
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