Please merge gyp from Debian
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gyp (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Bug Description
A newer version of gyp has been packaged in Debian, 0.1+20150913git
I discovered this when I was browsing ftbfs issues and discovered that another packge, node-gyp, depends on this newer version. This prevents gyp-node in -proposed from installing which in turn triggers ftbfs for among others node-iconv and node-nan which attempt to install it as a dependency. This is probably also what keeps it from migrating to -release.
I've prepared a merge locally which was pretty straight-forward for this package, but I started wondering about the fix for bug 1246730. I'm not sure about the details here, but I wonder:
Should the version number comparison in the preinst file remain unchanged? It currently matches the latest Ubuntu version number, but I guess changing it might have unintended consequences such as it being run multiple times when a user upgrades through versions.
Michael: I took the liberty of subscribing you, since you worked on the patch.