Comment 42 for bug 743265

On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 01:11:16 -0000
Michael Terry <email address hidden> wrote:

> Thanks for the verification, Jacob. I've tagged the bug as verified.
>
> > who is we? if its ubuntu, why are you deliberately trying to carry a
> > delta on this package; will it break freeciv on other systems?
>
> I did mean Ubuntu, but no, I hate deltas! I love nothing better than
> running 'requestsync'. :)
>
> I just wasn't sure if you/Debian were interested in adding an Ubuntu-
> specific workaround. So I was saying that if the patch wasn't in
> Debian, we would add it.

If it won't break anything (which seems to be the case) we're happy to
include it.

> It shouldn't break freeciv on other systems, because Jacob's patch
> (http://gna.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=13612) checks whether
> 'ubuntu- local' is a supported property before using it. If you're
> willing to add that to the freeciv packaging next time you update it
> in Debian, I can sync us back to your version. And hopefully it will
> land upstream too.

I had a problem with this applying in our 2.2.7, but i'll have another
go at it later and see if i can work out what (i) broke.
thanks,
kk

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