Re: PSPP-BUG: Version number for package builder is wrong

[Ben Pfaff]

András Murányi <address@hidden> writes:

> 2010/8/1 Ben Pfaff <address@hidden>
>
>     András Murányi <address@hidden> writes:
>    
>     > 2010/8/1 Ben Pfaff <address@hidden>
>     >
>     >     András Murányi <address@hidden> writes:
>     >
>     >     > The version number reported to the deb package builder is repeated
>     many
>     >     times
>     >     > on new lines (i.e.: "0.7.5\n0.7.5\n0.7.5\n0.7.5"...etc) when
>     trying to
>     >     install
>     >     > and make package with 'checkinstall'. The package builder
>     complains and
>     >     needs
>     >     > the user to correct the version number.
>     >
>     >     PSPP does not come with Debian packaging.  What deb package
>     >     builder is this?  (Should you be reporting this bug to Debian?)
>     >
>     > Checkinstall (http://www.asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/)
>     > uses dpkg on debian to make packages, and i've never seen them
>     > producing this symptom before, so i guess it's coming from
>     > whereever dpkg i trying to get the version number from.
>    
>     Hmm, that's really odd.  Please do let me know more, if you do
>     find out that it is a bug in PSPP itself.
>
> I see that it's exactly 46 times that the version number is added for dpkg,
> and somehow config.log has '#define VERSION "0.7.5"' 46 times. Sorry I'm noob
> at makefiles and stuff, does it ring a bell for you?

No.

Your original report is vague.  It talks about "the version
number reported to the deb package builder".  It doesn't say what
reports the version to the deb package builder.  What reports it?
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Ben Pfaff 
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