[Xastir] Fwd: Bug#952116: xastir: Impossible to transmit due to malformed TOCALL

[Tom Russo]

This is super puzzling, as Xastir has no commit b40016c, and the commit
that added the git version string to the version number used internally by 
Xastir is NOT used for the TOCALL.

Xastir's internal version number (used only in the Help->About dialog) has
had the git SHA-1 in it since Xastir commit ba3b807 in 2017, and this has
not impacted the AX.25 TOCALL in all that time.

I have been using Xastir off of the development branch forever, and can 
transmit just fine.  My TOCALL is APX215.

Could the commit referenced be a commit in a Debian repo that somehow
added the SHA-1 to something other than what Xastir's build system does?

On Sun, Feb 23, 2020 at 07:57:02AM -0800, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <xastir at trinnet.net> flavor, containing:
> 
> I don't know if anyone saw this yet...
> 
> --David
> KI6ZHD
> 
> 
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: 	Bug#952116: xastir: Impossible to transmit due to malformed TOCALL
> Resent-Date: 	Sun, 23 Feb 2020 10:57:01 +0000
> Resent-From: 	Iain R. Learmonth <irl at debian.org>
> Resent-To: 	debian-bugs-dist at lists.debian.org
> Resent-CC: 	Debian Hamradio Maintainers <debian-hams at lists.debian.org>
> Date: 	Sun, 23 Feb 2020 10:47:38 +0000
> From: 	Iain R. Learmonth <irl at debian.org>
> Reply-To: 	Iain R. Learmonth <irl at debian.org>, 952116 at bugs.debian.org
> To: 	Debian Bug Tracking System <submit at bugs.debian.org>
> 
> 
> 
> Package: xastir
> Version: 2.1.4+git20191127.bb66a77-2
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Commit b40016c updated a patch on the version number to add a git commit
> reference as part of the version number. Xastir uses this version number
> to form the TOCALL, which is usuall of the form APXnnn but now has a
> plus followed by the 7 digit ref. This does no longer fit in the 6 bytes
> allowed for a TOCALL in the AX.25 protocol. It also prevents operation
> with APRS-IS.
> 
> Thanks,
> Iain.
> 
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-- 
Tom Russo    KM5VY
Tijeras, NM  

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