Bug#1113576: tint2: FTBFS with CMake 4

Adding Rebecca Palmer to CC, since she prepared the 17.0.1-1.2 NMU and the previous libm fix for this package.

Regards,

errorlevel1
On Wednesday, August 12th, 2026 at 10:21 PM, errorlevel <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear Sebastian,
>
> I tested tint2 17.0.1-1.2 with CMake 4 and prepared a minimal Debian quilt patch for this FTBFS.
>
> The failure is caused by the two cmake_minimum_required() declarations in:
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> - CMakeLists.txt
> - src/tint2conf/CMakeLists.txt
>
> Both declare a compatibility version older than the minimum supported by CMake 4. The attached patch changes these to use the min...max form:
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> - 2.8.5 → 2.8.5...4.1
> - 2.6 → 2.6...4.1
>
> I tested the resulting Debian package build on Debian Testing with CMake 4.3, and it completed successfully, including tint2conf.
>
> The patch is attached as cmake4.patch.
>
> Regards,
>
> errorlevel1