[Debconf-devel] Bug#704866: Bug#704866: debconf: [patch] fix doc/Makefile wrong pod mangling

[Joey Hess]

Oron Peled wrote:
> * Investigating this, I found that the reason was duplicated "=encoding"
>   lines in those files (looks like newer perl is picky about them)
> 
> * It looks like there's a flaw in the perl snippet in doc/Makefile
>   that generates those "=encodning" lines (the $$seen doesn't test
>   what it should...)
> 
> * You can see the patch I applied to our package to workaround that bug:
>    http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/debconf.git/tree/debconf-1.5.49-double-encoding.patch

Thanks, took your fix.

> * Another, unrelated issue is that the installation rules in the Makefile
>   use valid, but deprecated "-perm +100" format (instead of "-perm /100").
>   It seems that findutils-4.5.11 have an issue with this format:
>   - Here is the upsteam BR: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?38474
>   - And my patch, replacing "+100" with "/100":
>      http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/debconf.git/tree/debconf-1.5.49-fix-find.patch

While that change seems to be intentional, I won't be surprised if it is 
reverted, at least in Debian, since it causes vast quantities of
breakage. However, I have applied that too.

Ouf of curiosity, how is Debconf used in Fedora? This is the first I've
heard of it.

-- 
see shy jo
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