GNU bug report logs - #7148
24.0.50; fails to compile packages flim and lookup

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Gregor Zattler <telegraph <at> gmx.net>

Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 13:57:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 6490, 6973, 7286, 10321

Found in versions 24.0.50, 24.0.92

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #16 received at 7148 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Gregor Zattler <telegraph <at> gmx.net>
Cc: rfrancoise <at> debian.org, 7148 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7148: 24.0.50; fails to compile packages flim and lookup
Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2010 15:54:00 -0400

Glenn Morris wrote:

> It's the same issue. Is anyone reporting this to the maintainers of
> these Debian packages? They need to update their code.

It was classified as "wishlist"?

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=588189

Old-style backquotes are going away. Perhaps the ability to compile
these files will be restored for 24.1, perhaps it won't. Why not just
fix the old code? It will have to be done at some point.
This bug report was last modified 13 years and 155 days ago.

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