[php-maint] Bug#580383: php-xml-parser uses deprecated eregi and reference of new object

[Thomas Goirand]

Subject: php-xml-parser uses deprecated eregi and reference of new object
Package: php-xml-parser
Version: 1.3.0-1
Severity: important

Hi,

As per subject and:

http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=16567

I have written a small patch for replacing the eregi calls, and as the
author didn't want to break php4 compatibility, I did some version
checkings. As I'm also proposing to the upstream author to use the
patch, I have sent him as copy of this entry.

Note that the attached patch will fix the eregi calls, but NOT the
return by reference of a new object line 616 (on the 1.3.2) or 633 (on
version 1.3.0 that is currently packaged in Debian). This issue must be
solved too, I'll let the maintainer or the upstream find a solution.

Best would be that the upstream author fix his PEAR package and release
an 1.3.3, so that we could package it into Debian. But if this is not
done upstream, please have this fixed for Squeeze (at least the eregi
stuffs, the rest is just when there's errors, so it's less of an issue).

Thomas

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