Bug#322157: removing backtick feature

[Thomas Lange]

>>>>> On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 11:54:10 +0100, Holger Levsen <debian at layer-acht.org> said:

    > On Wednesday 23 November 2005 09:19, Thomas Lange wrote:
    >> I plan to remove the feature of backtick evaluation. IMO it not
    >> usefull any more. Any comments? Otherwise I will close this bug.

    > why do you want to remove that feature ? I have looked at the bug report, but 
    > I dont understand...
In the old days, this was a dirty hack. It was possible to define the
kernel version in a *.var file, and then use his version number in a
package_config file. But it's not a clean setup if you use variables
in a package_config file. Additionally the subroutine that checks for
correct package names can handle variables and backticks
correctly. Therefore I like to remove this ugly feature.

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regards Thomas