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Bug#731603: libreoffice: libharfbuzz broken dependency prevents installation



On Sat, Dec 07, 2013 at 05:58:43PM +0100, Rene Engelhard wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Sat, Dec 07, 2013 at 03:16:00PM +0100, Simon Guinot wrote:
> > Some libreoffice-* packages can't be installed due to a broken
> > dependency between packages libharfbuzz-icu0, libharfbuzz0a and
> > libharfbuzz0b.
> > 
> > Note that the gnome package, which needs libreoffice, can't be
> > installed as well.
> 
> This is called transition and normal in sid. If you can't handle
> temporary dependency breakage when stuff is rebuilt against a newer
> library: don't use sid.

Hi Rene,

First, thanks for the explanation.

Actually, I don't care about this breakage because I don't use either
libreoffice and the gnome desktop. Moreover, as an almost 10 years sid
user, I think I can handle a lot of things.

I just tried to be useful by filling a bug report. But given the
Julien's laconic answer and the tone of yours, I understand I have not
been careful enough. Then, to avoid to waste the Debian developers time
(and mine), I won't fill bug reports anymore.

I also found very fascinating how you consider that a package breakage
due to a library upgrade is a "normal/not a bug" stuff, even for sid.
It smells like quality work here.

Regards,

Simon

> 
> See http://release.debian.org/transitions/html/harfbuzz.html
> 
> In fact, at the time you filed this those rebuilds were already ongoing
> (thoiugh amd64 failed because the hd got full).
> 
> As Julien already said (and thankfully closed the bug when I was
> not available): not a bug.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rene

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