Hi I will revisit why we hardcode VERSION and SERIAL when I have proper bandwidth soon. In the interim I will apply this patch thanks
Alastair From: Jordi Mallach <jo...@debian.org> Date: Tuesday, 4 March 2025 at 23:27 To: Debian Bug Tracking System <sub...@bugs.debian.org> Subject: Bug#1099559: libtool: Outdated VERSION (and SERIAL) causes FTBFS on unrelated packages like mailutils [You don't often get email from jo...@debian.org. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] EXTERNAL EMAIL: This email originated outside the University of Galway. Do not open attachments or click on links unless you believe the content is safe. RÍOMHPHOST SEACHTRACH: Níor tháinig an ríomhphost seo ó Ollscoil na Gaillimhe. Ná hoscail ceangaltáin agus ná cliceáil ar naisc mura gcreideann tú go bhfuil an t-ábhar sábháilte. Package: libtool Version: 2.5.4-3 Severity: serious Tags: ftbfs patch Hi, libtool hardcodes VERSION and SERIAL in debian/rules for some reason, which overrides the upstream definition in ltversion.m4. While we have 2.5.4 in Debian now, a check for LT >= 2.5.4 in libtool-using packages will fail as Debian's ltversion.m4 macros define 2.4.3, so version check fails. Attached is the trivial patch to solve this, but I think the redefinition in debian/rules should be dropped. This affects the upload of mailutils 3.18, which can't be built in Debian with this libtool. -- System Information: Debian Release: trixie/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 6.12.16-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT) Kernel taint flags: TAINT_WARN Locale: LANG=ca_ES.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ca_ES.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages libtool depends on: ii autotools-dev 20220109.1 ii cpp 4:14.2.0-1 ii file 1:5.45-3+b1 ii gcc [c-compiler] 4:14.2.0-1 ii gcc-14 [c-compiler] 14.2.0-17 ii libc6-dev [libc-dev] 2.40-7 Versions of packages libtool recommends: ii libltdl-dev 2.5.4-3 Versions of packages libtool suggests: ii autoconf 2.72-3 ii automake [automaken] 1:1.17-3 pn gcj-jdk <none> pn gfortran | fortran95-compiler <none> pn libtool-doc <none> -- no debconf information
