Bug#875885: netkit-tftp: does not trap ./configure errors

2018-07-03 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Tue, Jul 03, 2018 at 12:29:00PM +0200, Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta wrote: > Have you tested your assertion? Because if ./configure fails, MCONFIG is > not created and the build (make) fails: That was a general statement. I think it doesn't really matter whether it practically does cause misbuilds:

Bug#875885: netkit-tftp: does not trap ./configure errors

2018-07-03 Thread Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta
On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 05:17:44PM +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote: > Source: netkit-tftp > Version: 0.17-18.1 > Severity: serious > Justification: policy 4.6 > > netkit-tftp's debian/rules does not trap errors from ./configure. In > case ./configure fails, the build continues. This can produces > appa

Bug#875885: netkit-tftp: does not trap ./configure errors

2018-07-03 Thread Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta
Hello, Raphael. Dead upstream requires few updates to a package. Anyway, I was just looking into that now. Regards, Alberto On Tue, Jul 03, 2018 at 09:44:46AM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > Hello Alberto, > > it's been 8 years that you haven't touched netkit-tftp and the package > has been re

Bug#875885: netkit-tftp: does not trap ./configure errors

2018-07-03 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Hello Alberto, it's been 8 years that you haven't touched netkit-tftp and the package has been removed from Debian testing due to the bug I'm replying to. Can you take care of fixing the bug and/or properly orphaning the package if you are no longer interested in it? Regards, On Fri, 15 Sep 201

Bug#875885: netkit-tftp: does not trap ./configure errors

2017-09-15 Thread Helmut Grohne
Source: netkit-tftp Version: 0.17-18.1 Severity: serious Justification: policy 4.6 netkit-tftp's debian/rules does not trap errors from ./configure. In case ./configure fails, the build continues. This can produces apparently successful misbuilds and is prohibited by the Debian policy in section 4