Re: Bug#755292: openchangeserver: Depends upon libc6 >=2.14 and Wheezy only has 2.13. Only for amd64.
On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 11:32 PM, Alexander Wirt <formorer@formorer.de> wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Jul 2014, Vincent Cheng wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 2:14 AM, Andrei POPESCU
>> <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Bugs against packages in backports have to be reported to the -backports
>> > list, so I'm closing this bug (it was assigned against an "inexistent"
>> > package anyway), but CCing -backports.
>> >
>> > Kind regards,
>> > Andrei -- looking after bugs filed against unknown packages.
>> >
>> > On Sb, 19 iul 14, 10:56:02, Jason Fergus wrote:
>> >> Source: openchangeserver
>> >> Version: 1:2.1-1~bpo70+1
>> >> Severity: grave
>> >> Justification: renders package unusable
>> >>
>> >> Dear Maintainer,
>> >>
>> >> *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***
>> >>
>> >> * What led up to the situation?
>> >> I attempted to install the package on a Debian Wheezy system with Wheezy-
>> >> Backports enabled. It said that the libc6 library is not new enough. I see
>> >> other architectures depend upon 2.13, but not amd64, not sure why this is, but
>> >> I'd think at this point the majority of people are running on amd64, which
>> >> makes this package useless for those sticking with Stable+backports.
>> >>
>> >> * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
>> >> ineffective)?
>> >> sudo apt-get install -t wheezy-backports openchangeserver
>> >>
>> >> * What was the outcome of this action?
>> >> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>> >> openchangeserver : Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14) but 2.13-38+deb7u3 is to be
>> >> installed
>> >> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
>> >>
>> >> * What outcome did you expect instead?
>> >> installed package.
>>
>> I've filed #756355 to fix this with a binNMU. Thanks for the bug report Jason!
> Oh guys come on. What is so hard in testing a backport before uploading? This
> isn't funny anymore.
It's more likely than not just a honest mistake from whoever built and
uploaded this package. This, and many other problems, wouldn't be an
issue if only we allowed source-only uploads (and throwaway binaries,
I guess)...
Regards,
Vincent
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