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procps 4.0 upstream API change breaks packages

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From: Gabriel Wicki <gabriel <at> erlikon.ch>
To: 63530 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#63530: Missing library in package procps
Date: Tue, 16 May 2023 10:05:54 +0200

A little more hacking leads me to the conclusion that (probably with
version 4 but it's not exactly clear from the changelog) procps has made
some significant changes to it's API.  So, unless igt-gpu-tools (and
probably others) are fixed upstream they remain broken.  Fixes through
simple regex-magic in our build-phases might be possible, but I am not
confident enough in the matter to guarantee that the package would not
just build but be broken in a more specific manner.

Is there an easy way to check which dependents of procps are actually
broken currently?  Or is it really just igt-gpu-tools?

There's two ways to go (I'd be happy for some input and volunteer to do
the actual leg-work):
 1. Add an additional procps-3 package with the older API to fix the
 broken packages.
 2. Leave it as-is and wait for an upstream change of the currently
 broken packages.

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