On Sun, 2020-05-31 at 18:06 -0700, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Error verifying signature: security library: improperly formatted > DER-encoded message. (-8183) - Decoder failed > notfound 961851 make-dfsg/4.3-1 > thanks > > Hi, > > The file NEWS.Debian for make-dfsg states: > ,---- > > * WARNING: Backward-incompatibility! > > Previously appending using '+=' to an empty variable would result in a > > value > > starting with a space. Now the initial space is only added if the > > variable > > already contains some value. Similarly, appending an empty string does > > not > > add a trailing space. > `----
It's pretty sad that make upstream keeps making incompatible changes without a compelling reason for them. > The bug lies here: > ,----[ debian/kernelarch.make ] > > # Black-belt magic > > , := , > > space := > > space += > > $(space) := > > $(space) += > `---- Anyway, this is what Kbuild does; hopefully this hasn't broken too: empty := space := $(empty) $(empty) Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Absolutum obsoletum. (If it works, it's out of date.) - Stafford Beer
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