Bug#650536: update!

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

On 2012-03-06 01:58, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 05, 2012 at 11:29:46AM +0100, Niels Thykier wrote:
>> On 2012-03-05 04:47, Kees Cook wrote:
>>> - It requires the lastest dpkg-dev (still in experimental) to get
>>>   the dpkg-buildflags that supports --query-features.
>>
> [...]
>> The second problem is that the given version of dpkg-dev is not in
>> stable[1] and (as I recall) the backport FTP masters were not too happy
>> with the last backport.
>>
>> [1] It is not in unstable either, but at this point I am more concerned
>> with getting it in stable.
>>
> 
> Right -- though I have no way around this. All the pieces needed for
> these checks come from the new dpkg-buildflags. Perhaps the hardening
> check can be disabled for the backport, since it's rather meaningless
> for stable anyway?
> 

Lintian.d.o, ftp-master.d.o and potentionally a lot of developers run
Lintian on a Debian/Squeeze.  I suspect a static data file is better
than disabling it for Squeeze.

> [...]
> 
> -Kees
> 

Skipping the "testing issue" for now.  :)

~Niels