Bug#924291: closed by Markus Koschany <apo at debian.org> (Bug#924291: fixed in netrek-client-cow 3.3.1-3)

[Helmut Grohne]

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Hi Markus,

On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 01:09:06PM +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
>    * Fix infinite loop patch. Really (Closes: #924291)

As much as I hate to say this, it still loops. You can see failing
(cross) builds at http://crossqa.debian.net/src/netrek-client-cow. All
of them were terminated by manual intervention.

Remember: I'm not asking for netrek-client-cow to cross build. I'm
asking for it to fail sanely.

The current version loops like this:

| /bin/sh: 1: ./mkkey: Exec format error
| /bin/sh: 1: attempts: not found
| /bin/sh: 1: test: -le: unexpected operator

My initial report asked for what this key is being used for. It still
seems strange to me to generate a key at build time and the distribute
it to many users. Could you provide an initial answer on the purpose of
this thing?

It feels a little strange to invest a longer thread into something that
should not be there (in my book). Would it be ok to pursue that question
first?

Helmut