Re: dpkg predependency against tar >= 1.23, objections?
Hi,
On Thu, 29 Sep 2011, Steve Langasek wrote:
> FWIW, the previous Ubuntu LTS release included tar 1.22, so using a
> pre-dependency in Debian probably means Ubuntu will have to carry a delta
> for this for 12.04. A solution that works for both Debian and Ubuntu would
> be welcome.
Why would that be the case? It just means that tar will be upgraded
early... but it depends only on "libc6 (>= 2.6)" which is satisfied
in 12.04 so it can be upgraded without dragging anything else.
Cheers,
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