diff --git a/debian/patches/0001-use-newer-yaml-library.patch b/debian/patches/0001-use-newer-yaml-library.patch
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-Description: Use newer yaml library for unit tests
- The unit tests for this package use an unpackaged version of
- a YAML parsing library.  This patch converts the tests to use
- a more modern YAML parser that is present in Debian.
-Author: Tim Potter <tpot@hpe.com>
----
-This patch header follows DEP-3: http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/
-Index: golang-github-imdario-mergo/mergo_test.go
-===================================================================
---- golang-github-imdario-mergo.orig/mergo_test.go
-+++ golang-github-imdario-mergo/mergo_test.go
-@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
- 	"testing"
- 	"time"
- 
--	"gopkg.in/yaml.v1"
-+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
- )
- 
- type simpleTest struct {
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
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-0001-use-newer-yaml-library.patch