Re: libc6 needs >= 2.0.7u (Closes: dpkg-shlibdeps is too strict

[Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>]

On Sun, 6 Dec 1998, Joel Klecker wrote:

> At 14:08 -0500 1998-12-06, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> >All grumbling asside, the only way I can see to deal with a range of
> >conflicts is to express each version conflict explicitly. This yields the
> >following conflict entries:
> >
> >libstdc++2.8 (=2.90.29-1), libstdc++2.9 (=2.91.58), libstdc++2.9 (=2.91.59)
> >
> >Does this work for everyone?
> 
> What's wrong with libstdc++2.9 (<< 2.91.59-1), libstdc++2.8 (<< 2.90.29-2)?
> BTW, only i386 needs these conflicts, the other architectures aren't affected.

I believe that this keeps a Hamm upgrade from working when it should work
just fine. I see that as a more important upgrade path than the mixed
system problems that these conflicts are meant to deal with.

Thanks,

Dwarf
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