Bug#1057165: libitext-java: FTBFS with bouncycastle 1.77

[tony mancill]

On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 10:47:18PM +0100, Markus Koschany wrote:
> Source: libitext-java
> Version: 2.1.7-14
> Severity: serious
> Tags: ftbfs sid
> User: apo at debian.org
> Usertags: bouncycastle-1.77
> X-Debbugs-Cc: apo at debian.org
> 
> Dear maintainer,
> 
> libitext-java fails to build from source with bouncycastle 1.77. The reason
> is the removal of long deprecated methods. The (hopefully) relevant
> error message from the build log.

I have added a patch to address the FTBFS.  Unfortunately, this package
doesn't run tests and getting them working is going to take some effort.

The patch is straight-forward.  It eliminates usage of a few
long-deprecated classes in favor of their replacements, or uses some
factory-like methods to instantiate objects.  However, it would be nice
to have at least some sort of runtime checks before uploading, which
may take me a few days.

I have pushed the changes to the repo if anyone is ready to move ahead
with an upload.  If not, I will try to upload by early next week.

Thanks,
tony
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