Re: Bug#755292: openchangeserver: Depends upon libc6 >=2.14 and Wheezy only has 2.13. Only for amd64.
On Mon, 28 Jul 2014, Vincent Cheng wrote:
> 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)...
That doesn't change anything. A sponsor should test the package. If he hasn't
tested the build package on stable, he hasn't done its job.
Alex
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