Re: [PATCH] gnu: tor: Update to 0.2.8.7.

[ng0]

ng0 <address@hidden> writes:

> Leo Famulari <address@hidden> writes:
>
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>> On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 07:32:52PM +0000, ng0 wrote:
>>> Updates tor to 0.2.8.7, released.. today? yesterday? Well, recently.
>>
>> Thanks, pushed as ec9be00fc.
>>
>>> Question: why is perl not a native-input for tor? I see some
>>> version-update.pl complaining update it but not fatally failing.
>>
>> It looks like 'scripts/main/updateVersions.pl' is a tool used by the Tor
>> maintainers when preparing new releases of Tor. I'm not sure about the
>> other script in that directory, 'checkOptionDocs.pl'.
>>
>> Should we add Perl?
>
> maybe, I can't be certain until I've added and run it.
> https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/tree/scripts/maint/checkOptionDocs.pl.in
>
> I will do so today.

I think this perl script is not even used in the standard check phase.
Maybe it is used in the full-check phase, which we might be able to add
once we have all the applications this phase requires (stem, and some
more) if we want/can run test-full.
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