Subject: Re: [bug#29432] [PATCH] gnu: diffoscope: Fix error messages related to comparison tools.

From: Leo Famulari <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2017 19:17:16 -0500

On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 04:09:58PM -0500, Kei Kebreau wrote:
> * gnu/packages/package-management.scm (diffoscope)[arguments]: Replace readelf
> substitution and add stat and getfacl substitutions.
> [inputs]: Add acl.

Can you add an example of the error messages in the commit message?
Otherwise LGTM.

> @@ -520,7 +521,6 @@ transactions from C or Python.")
>      (build-system python-build-system)
>      (arguments
>       `(#:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
> -                  (add-before 'unpack 'n (lambda _ #t))
>                    ;; setup.py mistakenly requires python-magic from PyPi, even
>                    ;; though the Python bindings of `file` are sufficient.
>                    ;; https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=815844

Some leftover debugging? :)