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Re: Bug#78845: fidelio depends on libc5 X libs and libc6 X libs at the same time



On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 01:08:39PM -0600, Clay Crouch wrote:
> [ CC'd to -devel for wider input.... ]
> 
> On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 03:12:24PM -0200, Cesar Eduardo Barros wrote:
> > Package: fidelio
> > Version: N/A; reported 2000-12-05
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > fidelio 0.9.5-1 depends at the same time in the X 3.3.6 libc5 libs and in the
> > X 4.0.1 libc6 libs. Is it compiled with libc5 or libc6? XF3 or XF4?
> 
> The system it was compiled on is a libc6, XF4 system. However, this
> system began life as a pre-freeze (read: unstable) Potato, and has
> been through many `apt-get update ; apt-get dist-upgrade' cycles.
> 
> I would guess that the "confusion" stems from both xlib6 (>= 3.3.6-4)
> and xlibs (>= 4.0.1-1) being listed in the Depends: field. Well, they
> are both installed on my development box. So, the dependency is correct,
> from my point of view....

Not exactly. There was a recent epidemic of frivilous libc5/xlib6
dependencies due to a bug in dpkg. Upgrade dpkg to the version in
woody and this problem should be resolved.

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