Bug#1130229: fixed in metview 5.26.3-1

[Aurelien Jarno]

control: reopen -1
control: found -1 metview/5.26.3-1
control: tag -1 + patch

Hi,

On 2026-04-18 07:33, Debian FTP Masters wrote:
> Source: metview
> Source-Version: 5.26.3-1
> Done: Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry at debian.org>
> 
> We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
> metview, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
> 
> A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
> attached.
> 
> Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
> have further comments please address them to 1130229 at bugs.debian.org,
> and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
> 
> Debian distribution maintenance software
> pp.
> Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry at debian.org> (supplier of updated metview package)
> 
> (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
> believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
> administrators by mailing ftpmaster at ftp-master.debian.org)
> 
> 
> Format: 1.8
> Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:56:40 +0100
> Source: metview
> Architecture: source
> Version: 5.26.3-1
> Distribution: unstable
> Urgency: medium
> Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers <debian-science-maintainers at lists.alioth.debian.org>
> Changed-By: Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry at debian.org>
> Closes: 1129796 1130229
> Changes:
>  metview (5.26.3-1) unstable; urgency=medium
>  .
>    * New upstream release. Closes: #1129796, #1130229

Unfortunately this new upstream version still requires rpcgen to be 
built, and thus still FTBFS when built against libc6-dev ropping its 
dependency on rpcsvc-proto. The following patch fixes the issue:

--- metview-5.26.3/debian/control
+++ metview-5.26.3/debian/control
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
  libnetcdf-c++4-dev,
  flextra,
  flexpart,
+ rpcsvc-proto,
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/science-team/metview
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/science-team/metview.git -b debian/latest
 Homepage: https://confluence.ecmwf.int/display/METV/Metview

Regards
Aurelien

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