severity 908523 minor retitle 908523 /usr/share/doc/libcppunit-dev/README.Debian contains documentation about removed AM_PATH_CPPUNIT() thanks
Hi, On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 09:10:09PM +0200, Ludovic Rousseau wrote: > But /usr/share/doc/libcppunit-dev/README.Debian contains a documentation > of the M4 macro AM_PATH_CPPUNIT() Remains from old days probably. > Another strange thing is that /usr/share/aclocal/cppunit.m4 is listed as > provided by libcppunit-dev from unstable by > https://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=contents&keywords=cppunit.m4&mode=filename&suite=unstable&arch=any packages.debian.orgs file contents are grossly outdated. No news. > I could not find a replacement for cppunit.m4 in > https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/The-Macros.html#The-Macros pkg-config. > If upstream decided to remove cppunit.m4, which looks to be the case, > then maybe you should remove the file > /usr/share/doc/libcppunit-dev/README.Debian Which would make this a minor bug only, as it's only documentation. > I also note that cppunit-config was also removed. Using cppunit.m4 from the > Debian stable does not work without cppunit-config. True. Use pkg-config (PKG_CHECK_MODULES or however it's called) > I suggest to: > - remove README.Debian or, at least, change its content. > - add a line in changelog that cppunit-config and cppunit.m4 have been > removed upstream and are no more provided In a change which happened months ago? No. Besides that, it's called evolution and replacing it with something standard. Other *-config removals didn't end up promimently either; this is _developer_ material anyway. (If at all, NEWS, and that one would bother too many people imho.) Regards, Rene
