severity 494428 important
thanks
On Sat, Aug 09, 2008 at 02:05:41PM +0200, Michael Schutte wrote:
> Package: gonzui
> Version: 1.2+cvs20070129-1
> Severity: normal
> Tags: patch
>
> Due to API changes, your package does not work with libdb-ruby 0.6.4
> (currently only in unstable). The problem is that the method
> BDB::{Btree,Recno,…}#duplicates has changed its semantics and signature:
> Instead of returning an array of duplicate values, it returns an array
> of arrays containing the duplicate values in the first position. When
> adding a second false parameter, though, the old behavior is restored.
>
> The attached patch works around this problem and stays compatible with
> the older versions of the Ruby BDB library (for gonzui, this is
> libdb4.3-ruby1.8). It works fine; feel free to re-write it in a more
> efficient manner, though.
>
> This bug might become release critical, depending on the release team’s
> final decision on [1] and the migration speed of libdb-ruby.
>
> [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2008/08/msg00401.htmllibdb-ruby has migrated, I’m thus raising the severity of this issue. Yutaka, Yasuhiro, I’ll prepare an NMU to include the patch submitted in the original message if you do not object. Cheers, -- Michael Schutte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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