Re: Pidgin with version patch

[Gerfried Fuchs <rhonda@deb.at>]

* Marko Randjelovic <marel@sbb.rs> [2008-07-21 11:48:37 CEST]:
> Gerfried Fuchs wrote:
> >  You can find my try on <http://rhonda.deb.at/htdocs/debian/pidgin/>.
> 
> Why I get this message? "Sorry, but the requested page
> http://rhonda.deb.at/htdocs/debian/pidgin/  could not be found on rhonda.deb.at."

 That's because I deleted it because I noticed that libsilc is in
backports already and don't want people to use that broken build. ;)

> I made my try, using the same modifications that were used to backport 2.3.1.
> When I tried to upgrade the packages, I got the error:
> 
> main:/usr/src/debian-mr/pidgin-2.4.3-testing# dpkg -i
> libpurple0_2.4.3-2~bpo40+1_amd64.deb pidgin-data_2.4.3-2~bpo40+1_all.deb
> pidgin_2.4.3-2~bpo40+1_amd64.deb
> dpkg: considering removing pidgin-data in favour of libpurple0 ...
> dpkg: no, cannot remove pidgin-data (--auto-deconfigure will help):
>  pidgin depends on pidgin-data (<< 2.3.1-z)
>   pidgin-data is to be removed.
> dpkg: regarding libpurple0_2.4.3-2~bpo40+1_amd64.deb containing libpurple0:
>  libpurple0 conflicts with pidgin-data (<< 2.4.0-1)
>   pidgin-data (version 2.3.1-2~bpo40+1) is installed.
> dpkg: error processing libpurple0_2.4.3-2~bpo40+1_amd64.deb (--install):
>  conflicting packages - not installing libpurple0

 That's really strange and shouldn't happen if you install them like you
did  *ponders*

> I don't know if I made some mistake.

 Me neither, let me build my test packages and testinstall them :)

> My libltdl3-dev is from bpo and I can't downgrade it. Is it a problem?

 Shouldn't be, wouldn't think so.

> In .changes files, my name is stated as Changed-By. Is this OK? They wrote in
> the Mentors FAQ <http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-mentors_FAQ.html>
> 
> "Make sure your name isn't in the Maintainer: or Changed-By: headers of the
> .changes file."

 Erm, that's about "process for sponsoring a package", not about the
people actually doing the changes. :)

 Will get back to you once I figured out what's the problem with
xulrunner for unstable on powerpc is - unfortunately (for you) this is
something more severe for myself and the project, me thinks.

 So long,
Rhonda