Description: work around old quirky closure-compiler in Debian
 Fake closure-compiler version check,
 which hangs with old Debian release.
Author: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/974984
Last-Update: 2022-02-11
---
This patch header follows DEP-3: http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/
--- a/tools/building.py
+++ b/tools/building.py
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@
 
 
 def check_closure_compiler(cmd, args, env, allowed_to_fail):
-  cmd = cmd + args + ['--version']
+  cmd = ['echo', 'Version: fake!']
   try:
     output = run_process(cmd, stdout=PIPE, env=env).stdout
   except Exception as e: