Comment 2 for bug 242648
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| Dara Adib (daradib) wrote Re: backport lyx 1.5.5 to hardy | #2 |
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Actually, this should be specifically a request for 1.5.5-1, as that is the latest Debian/Ubuntu package. Ubuntu Intrepid never had the source package LyX 1.5.5 in the first place (LyX 1.5.5-1 was auto-synced from Debian unstable).
Normally, since LyX 1.5.5 is a bugfix, this would not be eligible for backporting. However, please note that the bug only occurs when hardy-backports is enabled, therefore the fix should appear in hardy-backports as well. There is need to fix a bug when hardy-backports is not enabled as no bug would exist.
The LyX 1.5.5-1 source package is included in Ubuntu Intrepid, but the build fails for all architectures. To get this bug fixed in Ubuntu, the build of LyX in Intrepid should be fixed first (currently it fails to build because of a problem with boost), then LyX 1.5.5-1 can be backported to hardy.
However, I was successful when creating a package using Prevu. No source changes were necessary. As a result, this backport request is marked as confirmed. I have been using the Prevu-built package without problems for over a month now.