Bug#198479: general: package coming to sarge before their dependencies : breaks them.
On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 10:36:27AM +0200, Erwan David wrote:
> Package: general
> Version: unavailable; reported 2003-06-23
> Severity: normal
> Tags: sarge
>
> Several packages like html2ps or apt-file are broken in sarge because
> they were put from sid before their dependencies. The coming to sarge
> of a package should not be done if it makes it uninstallable.
This is generally the rule. Sometimes bad things have to happen to a
couple of packages in order to benefit a large number of packages
elsewhere, though.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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