[DRE-maint] Bug#666596: Bug #666596: ruby-mechanize: FTBFS: ArgumentError: invalid value for port: "http"

[Lucas Nussbaum]

On 05/05/12 at 20:17 +0200, Christian Hofstaedtler wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've reproduced this problem locally; this happens if the definition for
> "http" is missing from /etc/services.
> 
> Is it reasonable to assume that configuration files of Priority: important
> packages are in a sane state during build time?
> If so, then I'd suggest lowering the severity and possibly marking
> this bug wontfix.

This is caused by a change between squeeze and sid regarding the entry
for '80' in /etc/services. Wouldn't it make sense to replace 'http' by
80 in the test? That would also avoid problems when backporting to
squeeze.

Lucas