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Simplify patch to use system libuuid

P. J. McDermott requested to merge pehjota/7kaa:simplify-system-libuuid into master
  • Instead of replacing every use of the guuid_t type and Misc::uuid_*() functions (a large invasive change that has to be refreshed with every new upstream release), convert them into a thin layer wrapping around libuuid.
  • Use libuuid compile and link flags in debian/rules.
  • Change repacksuffix in debian/watch to "+ds", since "+dfsg" confusingly implies something non-free was removed when actually only free code (copied from e2fsprogs) is removed. This follows convention in Debian.

This is based on a patch that was submitted upstream but rejected. This change should reduce the maintenance burden of updating to new upstream versions.

Edited by P. J. McDermott

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