I've verified the bug (fails to build in sarge), and have also verified the fix (the package builds and the result looks good). I have attached the entire patch for an NMU.
The other way to fix this would be to build-depend on the version of elinks currently in unstable (0.10.4). That version had a release critical bug, but it is now fixed, and should hopefully get into sarge in ten days (or faster if the release managers wish so). Since jargon-text is an "Architecture: all" package, uploading a new version should not affect build daemons at all. Thus, I propose to upload an NMU that removes "-no-references" and if the new elinks gets into sarge before the freeze, I will upload a second NMU that re-adds "-no-references". Of course, I would be happy to see a maintainer upload as well. We are, however, in a 0-day NMU period, so I'll do the first NMU later today.
diff -ruN old/Makefile jargon-text-4.4.7/Makefile --- old/Makefile 2005-03-31 05:21:51.000000000 +0300 +++ jargon-text-4.4.7/Makefile 2005-04-30 13:32:41.000000000 +0300 @@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ jargon.txt: jargon-web.html # Turn into plain text - elinks -dump -dump-width 79 -no-numbering 1 -no-references 1 \ + # 2005-04-30: removed "-no-references 1" from options to make it + # build on sarge, should be added back after sarge is released. + # -- Lars Wirzenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> + elinks -dump -dump-width 79 -no-numbering 1 \ jargon-web.html >jargon.txt clean: diff -ruN old/debian/changelog jargon-text-4.4.7/debian/changelog --- old/debian/changelog 2005-04-30 13:36:28.000000000 +0300 +++ jargon-text-4.4.7/debian/changelog 2005-04-30 13:32:58.000000000 +0300 @@ -1,3 +1,13 @@ +jargon-text (4.4.7-1.1) unstable; urgency=high + + * Non-maintainer upload. + * Makefile: don't use "-no-references 1" for elinks, since that is not + supported by the version in sarge. Patch by Andreas Jochens. + Closes: #306838 (which is release critical, hence high urgency). + This change should be reverted after sarge is released. + + -- Lars Wirzenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 30 Apr 2005 13:30:00 +0300 + jargon-text (4.4.7-1) unstable; urgency=low * "New" upstream release.
