Re: Pidgin uninstallable

[Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de>]

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 03:12:07PM +0800, Paul Harris wrote:
> 2009/9/21 Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de>
> 
> > On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 02:30:33PM +0800, Paul Harris wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > This bug report documents the problem well:
> > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=547436
> > >
> > > The package pidgin-data has only 1 installation candidate from backports
> > > now: 2.6.x.  The 2.5.x version has gone.
> > >
> > > But, there is only a 2.5.x version of pidgin available for x86, which
> > > requires a 2.5.x version of pidgin-data.
> > >
> > > So currently a working pidgin is not currently installable! (one that
> > works
> > > with yahoo servers).
> > >
> > > What is the holdup on 2.6.x versions of pidgin for x86 (and platforms
> > other
> > > than powerpc) ?  And how did pidgin-data's older version get dropped
> > > prematurely?
> >
> > The problem is that a new version got uploaded which superseeded old
> > pidgin-data. This version was uploaded for powerpc. Unfortunately it has
> > a bug and don't build on any of the autobuilders or the other archs:
> >
> > http://experimental.ftbfs.de/build.php?arch=&pkg=pidgin
> >
> > So the person who uploaded pidgin need to fix it and re-upload.
> >
> 
> 
> I still have the old version of pidgin-data (2.5.9-1~bpo50+1).  I dpkg
> installed it out of my apt-cache folder and got pidgin going again.
> 
> Can't we just re-upload the old pidgin-data version to the pool so that at
> least its available to other people to install the old 2.5.9-1 pidgin?

No. That's not possible in the archive software.

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Cheers,
Michael