Bug#1113576: tint2: FTBFS with CMake 4

On Thursday, August 13th, 2026 at 12:48 PM, errorlevel <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
> thanks for replying.
> 
> I have already tested the patched version with CMake 4.3 on Debian Testing + Openbox. The complete Debian package builds successfully, including tint2conf, and I installed and tested the resulting package; tint2 works normally.
> 
> My main concern now is that tint2 has been out of Testing for quite some time because of this FTBFS, and I would hate it being removed from Debian simply because the CMake 4 compatibility fix hasn't been uploaded yet.
> 
> On Thursday, August 13th, 2026 at 12:44 PM, Timo Röhling <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > * errorlevel <[email protected]> [2026-08-12 22:59]:
> > >> I tested tint2 17.0.1-1.2 with CMake 4 and prepared a minimal Debian
> > >> quilt patch for this FTBFS.
> >
> > This is most likely the correct solution. There is a small chance that
> > CMake changed its default behavior since version 2.8.5 in a way that
> > subtly breaks the package when patched this way, but you can just test
> > the patched version and see if it installs and works as expected.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Timo
> >
> >
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