Hi, On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 12:50:20PM +0200, Bernhard R. Link wrote: > Sorry for the late reply. I totally missed your bug report.
No problem :) > * Evgeni Golov <evg...@debian.org> [2014-03-23 14:38]: > > Those errors might look like this in the build log: > > > > checking for idna_to_ascii_from_locale... no > > ../configure: line 12285: test: =: unary operator expected > > > > This usually means that there is a syntax error in the configure script > > but the execution could be completed. Syntax errors can lead to > > unexpected configuration results. > > Do you have an example of a buildd log that contains a line like that? > I did a manual scan of all packages currently in unstable with the > regexp you gave and could not find any example. mutt, if you remove this patch: http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-mutt/mutt.git;a=blob;f=debian/patches/0041-__misc__fix-configure-test-operator.patch;h=f986e099142f23df4102fd7cd57bb7e255f6dff4;hb=4e4a9de33a9d3b63fa68abb32cfb31dcdfa71d18 > > +This is an experimental tag. It needs review and a better description. > > +<br> > > +The build log contains a message from <tt>configure</tt> starting with > > +<pre> > > +configure: line X: > > +</pre> > > +<br> > > +This message usually means that there is a syntax error in the configure > > +script, but the execution could be completed. Syntax errors can lead to > > +unexpected configuration results. > > +<br> > > +If you have more information for this description or want it escalated > > +to warning or error, please let me know. > > I guess it makes sense to start with an warning right away (I guess > error is a bit too hard as it might not be an actual problem) > > I guess a longer description might be nice but currently the only thing > I can think of is perhaps making the example line a bit more specific > like > > > +configure: line NNN: SOME-ERROR-MESSAGE Yeah, I had a hard time not writing "look at the damn warning" in the first place :) Greets Evgeni -- Bruce Schneier can read and understand Perl programs. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-qa-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140524154818.gc18...@dorei.kerker.die-welt.net
