This new ruby-json version breaks how-can-i-help:

[...]
Unpacking ruby-json:amd64 (2.7.2+dfsg-1) over (2.6.3+dfsg-1+b2) ...
Setting up ruby-json:amd64 (2.7.2+dfsg-1) ...
/usr/bin/how-can-i-help:155:in `<main>': uninitialized constant OpenStruct (NameError)

proxy_uri = $proxy_url.nil? ? OpenStruct.new : URI.parse($proxy_url)
                              ^^^^^^^^^^

Hi!

I am reassigning this bug to the `how-can-i-help` package. Indeed, the
script `/usr/bin/how-can-i-help` uses implicitly the OpenStruct class,
without requiring explicitly 'ostruct'. The class was loaded
transitively from the json gem it seems.

Adding below line 35 the following line:

require 'ostruct'

fixes the bug.


Cheers,

Cédric

Quoting Vincent Lefevre (2024-05-06 17:41:49)

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
how-can-i-help, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1070652@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> (supplier of updated how-can-i-help package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Tue, 07 May 2024 10:15:00 +0200
Source: how-can-i-help
Architecture: source
Version: 18
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Tomasz Nitecki <tnnn@tnnn.pl>
Changed-By: Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org>
Closes: 1069108 1070652
Changes:
 how-can-i-help (18) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   [ Paul Wise ]
   * Always build the manual page from source
   * Do not print the autorm header when all autorm items are hidden
   * Bump debhelper from old 12 to 13.
   * Update standards version to 4.6.1, no changes needed.
   * Use debhelper execute_after_* instead of override_
   * Update standards version to 4.6.2, no changes needed.
 .
   [ Athos Ribeiro ]
   * {Dir,File}.exists? were removed from Ruby 3.2. Use .exist? instead.
     Closes: #1069108
 .
   [ Lucas Nussbaum ]
   * Explicitly require ostruct. Closes: #1070652
     + Thanks Vincent Lefevre for the report, and Cédric Boutillier
       for the fix.
   * Add missing build-dep on docbook-xml
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