Bug#877688: libdpkg-perl: dpkg-source requires git to use 3.0 (git) format

2017-10-06 Thread Nicholas Brown
On Wed, 4 Oct 2017 at 18:23 Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Hi, > > Nicholas Brown wrote: > > > /usr/share/perl5/Dpkg/Source/Package/V3/Git.pm regularly calls out to > git using > > "system('git'," yet libdpkg-perl does not Require or even Recommend > that > > Git is installed.

Bug#877688: libdpkg-perl: dpkg-source requires git to use 3.0 (git) format

2017-10-05 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi! On Wed, 2017-10-04 at 10:23:07 -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Nicholas Brown wrote: > > /usr/share/perl5/Dpkg/Source/Package/V3/Git.pm regularly calls out to git > > using > > "system('git'," yet libdpkg-perl does not Require or even Recommend that > > Git is installed. Ah, indeed. The

Bug#877688: libdpkg-perl: dpkg-source requires git to use 3.0 (git) format

2017-10-04 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi, Nicholas Brown wrote: > /usr/share/perl5/Dpkg/Source/Package/V3/Git.pm regularly calls out to git > using > "system('git'," yet libdpkg-perl does not Require or even Recommend that > Git is installed. > > This makes using dpkg-source with the 3.0 (git) format fail, for example in a >

Bug#877688: libdpkg-perl: dpkg-source requires git to use 3.0 (git) format

2017-10-04 Thread Nicholas Brown
Package: libdpkg-perl Version: 1.18.24 Severity: normal /usr/share/perl5/Dpkg/Source/Package/V3/Git.pm regularly calls out to git using "system('git'," yet libdpkg-perl does not Require or even Recommend that Git is installed. This makes using dpkg-source with the 3.0 (git) format fail, for