[DRE-maint] Bug#534721: Patch

[Gunnar Wolf]

Julien Cristau dijo [Wed, Sep 08, 2010 at 10:51:26AM +0200]:
> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 16:28:12 +0100, something-bz at sodium.serveirc.com wrote:
> 
> > So it turns out the main bug does not affect amd64 (or more generally, roughly systems where (LONG_MAX>>2) >= INT_MAX).
> > 
> > There are at least two bugs in the tag comparison:
> > - Assumes number equality is the same as VALUE equality.
> > - Assumes hash equality is the same as string equality.
> > 
> Ryan, Ruby extras maintainers, any progress with this RC bug in
> libhpricot-ruby?
> I'd remove this package from testing, except it has a couple of reverse
> (build-)dependencies...

Oh, I just now realized this bug has been reopened... I do think (but
will not single-handedly demote it) the bug's severity has been
inflated - I use hpricot on a frequent basis, and it's far from
"renders the package useless". It does not work, right, but  for very
specific use cases.
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