On 2024-08-04 Paul Gevers <elb...@debian.org> wrote: > Source: gnutls28 > Version: 3.8.6-2 > Severity: important > Tags: sid trixie > User: debian...@lists.debian.org > Usertags: edos-uninstallable
> Dear maintainer(s), > gnutls28 has a <!nocheck> build dependency on datefudge, but since April > 2024 datefudge has an RC bug because if FTBFS. There is no activity on that > bug report and datefudge has been removed from testing. > I rebuild gnutls28 twice, as-is and with datefudge removed from the build > dependencies, and used diffoscope to check that the binaries remain the > same. So, it's possible to drop the dependency without too much impact (I > assume some tests will be skipped). Can you please help the maintainer of > datefudge to fix it or drop the dependency until datefudge is fixed? > I have rated this bug as severity important for now because technically > gnutls28 now FTBFS in testing, but it's trivial to work around and it's the > result of a balancing act described at [1]. When we get closer to the > freeze, this issue will become RC. [...] Hello Paul, yes, the only impact of dropping the datefudge dep is a loss of test and autopkgtest coverage. However since the gnutls commandline programs were enhanced to also support --attime option (similar to OpenSSL' -attime) the usage of datefudge has decreased, I am quite sure we will able to drop the b-d in time. Please do not hesitate to ping me if it is necessary to drop the dep immediately. cu Andreas
