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Re: Elf-x11r6lib in packages




> I've also opened bugs against the following packages which depend on 
> xpm4.7 and should be recompiled against xpm4:
> 	olvwm                xconq               lyx           
> 	asmail		     asmixer             afterstep   
> 	xisp		     xmcpustate    	 xpdf        
> 	xephem-motif	     xwave         	 xboard      
> 	fvwm-common	     xtar-smotif   	 maelstrom   
> 	jdk1.1-dev	     xlockmore     	 xmysql      
> 	fvwm		     freeciv       	 wine        
> 	fvwm2		     fvwm95        	 xsok        
> 	xpat2		     xsoldier      	 ctwm        
> 	pixmap		     xmailbox      	 ascd        
> 	tkstep42	     gwm           	 xbmbrowser  
> 	xtar-dmotif	     nedit-smotif  	 xgalaga     
> 	jdk1.1-runtime	     xfaces        	 ascdc       
> 	xbanner		     xtron         	 wmaker      
> 	asmodem		     mctools-lite  	 netscape3   
> 	nedit-dmotif	     xscreensaver  	 netscape4   

I am wondering if it is really a bug for packages such as netscape3,
netscape4, and jdk1.1-* to have a dependency against xpm4.7?  They 
contain binary files (against libc5) that we can't recompile.

I mean, dpkg should be able to resolve the dependencies with xpm4 
(since it provides xpm4.7) - but it has a problem.

Otherwise, anybody running 'stable' who wants the netscape or the jdk 
packages is going to try to grab them out of 'unstable', and screw up
there system.

I think a better approach might be to fix dpkg and xpm4 so that xpm4
can resolve the versioned dependencies.

BTW, I'll edit the binaries in the jdk1.1-* packages so they'll work
on a libc6 system.  The binaries in the netscape4 package seem to be
ok. 

> I've also opened bugs against these packages which are linked with -r.
> (and break on a libc6 system).
> 	emacs		     fvwm2               fvwm-common

xdaliclock suffers from this too (I submitted a bug).

Cheers,

 - Jim


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