Re: Bug#755292: openchangeserver: Depends upon libc6 >=2.14 and Wheezy only has 2.13. Only for amd64.
On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 11:45 PM, Alexander Wirt <formorer@formorer.de> wrote:
> 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.
This issue has nothing to do with sponsors at all (the signature on
the openchange backport suggests that Jelmer uploaded the package
himself, and he's the current maintainer for openchange).
Regards,
Vincent
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