The `#define` version number has been fixed on pre-release Ubuntu 26.10 Stonking Stingray and on Debian Experimental but has NOT yet been fixed on pre-release Debian Forky.
In ALL cases, this `LUA_INCDIR` bug is NOT fixed. To me, this is proof positive that the `#define` version number bug is NOT causing this bug. Proof: https://github.com/cclauss/itinerant-tester/actions/runs/30392852529/job/90388510036 On Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:58:08 +0300 Sergei Golovan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi! > > This particular issue is caused by luarocks trying to extract Lua > version from lua.h in /usr/include/lua5.5 and checking if it is indeed > 5.5. This fails because Lua 5.5 changes the way its version is defined > in lua.h: > > Lua 5.4: > > #define LUA_VERSION_NUM 504 > > Lua 5.5: > > #define LUA_VERSION_NUM (LUA_VERSION_MAJOR_N * 100 + LUA_VERSION_MINOR_N) > > There are two commits upstream to support Lua 5.5: > > https://github.com/luarocks/luarocks/commit/291fc8a34fc186b011c9d6b09a80bf179cae6f62 > https://github.com/luarocks/luarocks/commit/ee8194313e61c9d0d7b8a0d52d22b026a06282bb > > I guess they can be applied to the luarocks in Debian (probably with > some modifications) until 3.13 can be packaged. > > Cheers! > -- > Sergei Golovan > >
