[Please stop dropping the CC to the BTS! This is the only way that the discussion can be properly logged.]
John Malmberg <wb8...@gmail.com> writes: > On 3/23/2011 10:07 AM, Ben Pfaff wrote: >> "John E. Malmberg"<wb8...@qsl.net> writes: >> >>> On 3/23/2011 8:24 AM, Ben Pfaff wrote: >>>> "John E. Malmberg"<wb8...@qsl.net> writes: >>>>> The curl package is using Debian autoconf to generate its configure >>>>> script, and I was advised to report this issue here for tracking and >>>>> possible resolution by the curl team. >>>> >>>> If you expect the curl team to track and resolve the problem, >>>> then you should assign it to the curl package. I'm reassigning >>>> this to "curl" (with this message). >>> >>> The curl team advised me that the change is needed in the Autoconf >>> package, not curl, and that is why they requested that I submit a >>> Debian Autoconf bug so that you would be aware of this issue. >> >> What curl team is this, by the way? I don't understand why the >> Debian maintainers of curl would be considering OpenVMS issues. > > http://curl.haxx.se/ Specifically Daniel Stenberg. > > His logic was that curl was using the Debian autoconf, so that > notification of the issue should be reported to Debian autoconf as a > first step in providing feedback to the autoconf project, as curl is > probably going to continue to be maintained on Debian systems. > > http://curl.haxx.se/mail/lib-2011-03/0070.html > >>>> By the way, Debian "stable" has version 2.67 of Autoconf, not >>>> version 2.63. >>> >>> The issue was first observed in Autoconf 2.63. The use of Autoconf >>> 2.61 does not have this issue. >> >> Does it occur with Autoconf 2.67? > > I do not know. I can not do any additional checks until this evening. > > The issue is present in the configure scripts currently being > generated and placed in the curl daily snapshots. OK. Please report your results. I do not have any access to OpenVMS. And you say that you do not have time to debug it. So we will probably have to just leave this bug open and unresolved, unless some helpful person comes along with a fix. It's hard for me to feel motivated about support for OpenVMS in any case. -- Ben Pfaff http://benpfaff.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
