Hi KiBi, On 17-07-01 02:27:41, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > I see a bug number mismatch here. You're right, copy/paste error on my side.. > Anyway, you didn't really tell us what works and what doesn't with the > package currently in stretch. It's hard to tell whether it's currently > totally broken or whether you just need to install some php package > alongside it to satisfy other packages's dependencies. > > I'd tend to think this pu request is about the latter, but you really > should be explaining why you want a change in stable in the first > place… Sorry for not doing this upfront: - The package in stretch isn't totally broken, actually it works as expected and does a great job. - There is just a (minor) annoyance, so your assumption is correct: I would like to serve IcingaWeb2 via uwsgi, that's why I've created #853891 initially: Currently, in a Nginx powered stack, one has to install packages like php7.0-fpm or the (deprecated) fcgiwrap to satisfy the inter-package dependencies. - Adding 'Provides: php', like the patch [1] does, would solve this issue and wouldn't force people into installing software, which they don't need, in this case at least. - I think taking this route is much more clean and "the Debian way" than fiddling around via self-made packages, using equivs or something similar. - I've rebuilt the package for myself with the patch attached: It does solve the initial problem and works as expected. - I think the risk of regression(s) is quite low, given that the patch only touches two lines of Debian code. Thanks for consideration, all the best and thanks for your work, Georg [1] https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-uwsgi/uwsgi.git/commit/?id=cf89be69ac134ebeb14f453f7d915142d276472d
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