Re: libgmp2 provides gmp2, but shouldn't, and ssh fails
Libgmp2_2.0.2-1 is broken. The library is fixed in 2.0.2-2 and ssh works
fine.
libgmp2 _does_ replace gmp2 and, when not broken, Provides: it as well.
Luck,
On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, Adam Heath wrote:
> Package: libgmp2
> Severity: important
>
> I installed roxen on a box, which depends on pike-image, which depends on
> libgmp2. Apt of course then removed gmp2, as per the conflicts. Ssh depends
> on gmp2, so apt thought all was well. However, ssh was now in a very broken
> state.
>
> sshd was already loaded, and running, and therefore using the OLD library that
> was in the gmp2.deb. However, new ssh connections initiated on the box, using
> the old ssh, and new libgmp2.deb, didn't work.
>
> The provides should be removed, and all packages that depend on gmp2 should be
> recompiled.
>
> Adam
>
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