Hi Jörg, On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 11:12:42AM +0200, Jörg Sommer wrote: >Hi Steve, > >I would like to give a short response. > >Steve McIntyre schrieb am Sun 23. Mar, 19:51 (+0000): >> Package: slrn >> Version: 0.9.9~pre97-1 >> Severity: serious >> >> On the mips buildd "ball", slrn builds correctly, but the debian/rules >> file does a check on the output binary objects to see if the hostname >> is encoded anywhere. As the compiled-in help text includes the text: >> >> " Copyright (C) 1995-1998 Peter Mattis, Spencer Kimball and Josh >> MacDonald", >> >> then the name "Kimball" matches and this test fails. Why is this check >> done? It seems completely silly and pointless. > >I've talked to upstream and he thinks the built in hostname problem can >not happen with the current code. I plan to apply this patch to the >source, if upstream doesn't do so until the next release and drop the >test.
Excellent, thanks. :-) -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." -- James D. Nicoll
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