Re: Bug in update_excuses?
On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 01:45:43PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 02:07:23PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> > So the db3-update predepends on a glibc-update, which cannot happen and
> > should stop db3 3.2.9-19.0.1 from becoming "Valid candidate",
> > shouldn't it?
>
> The script considers if things are a valid candiate on their own merits
> but assesses other things like dependencies separately - if look at
> something like powertweak this is explicitly stated:
That's for when the dependency is a valid candidate, though. If it isn't
then britney invalidates all the reverse dependencies, so you get things
like the example you gave:
> powertweak (0.99.4-19 to 0.99.5-1)
> Maintainer: Mark Brown
> 39 days old (needed 10 days)
> Valid candidate
> Invalidated by dependency
> Not considered
> Depends: powertweak glibc (not considered)
The "Invalidated by dependency; Not considered" bit should have been
output for db3/s390 too, but it wasn't.
I think this is a bug in britney, although a minor one because db3/s390
will be thrown out at the next stage anyway due to increasing the
uninstallability count. There's probably a glitch in the binary-NMU
case.
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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