Your message dated Wed, 06 Oct 2010 11:09:57 -0700
with message-id <87hbgz19ca....@benpfaff.org>
and subject line Re: Processed: unarchiving and reopening 591548
has caused the Debian Bug report #591548,
regarding autoconf breaks unfixed versions of pkg-config
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Package: autoconf
Version: 2.67-1
Severity: serious
It turned out the new version was not better but worse for me... :-(
autoconf needs a Breaks on all versions of pkg-config without
#591547 fixed (currently all versions).
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Julien Cristau <jcris...@debian.org> writes:
> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 09:36:26 -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote:
>
>> Julien Cristau <jcris...@debian.org> writes:
>>
>> > On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 07:21:04 +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
>> >
>> >> Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org:
>> >>
>> >> > unarchive 591548
>> >> Bug #591548 {Done: Ben Pfaff <pfaff...@debian.org>} [autoconf] autoconf
>> >> breaks unfixed versions of pkg-config
>> >> Unarchived Bug 591548
>> >> > reopen 591548
>> >> Bug #591548 {Done: Ben Pfaff <pfaff...@debian.org>} [autoconf] autoconf
>> >> breaks unfixed versions of pkg-config
>> >> 'reopen' may be inappropriate when a bug has been closed with a version;
>> >> you may need to use 'found' to remove fixed versions.
>> >> > thanks
>> >> Stopping processing here.
>> >>
>> > Why? Current autoconf doesn't break pkg-config, there's no reason to
>> > reopen this afaict.
>>
>> Tim proposed adding "Breaks: pkg-config (<< 0.25-1.1)" to
>> autoconf, which seemed reasonable to me, so he reopened the bug.
>>
>> It would also have been reasonable to file a new bug against
>> autoconf making this request.
>>
>> Comments?
>
> Well, I think this should be a separate bug, with wishlist severity
> instead of serious, and only makes sense if the change from 2.67-2 is
> reverted, so preferrably after squeeze.
Upon reflection I think that you are right.
I'm re-closing bug #591548 (with this email).
Tim, would you mind filing a new bug, as Julien suggested?
Thanks,
Ben.
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