Re: Conflicting deps: python (>= 2.6.6), python (<< 2.6)

[Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>]

* Motiejus Jakštys <desired.mta@gmail.com>, 2012-02-04, 17:45:
> I was trying to compile xen-utils-4.1 on Squeeze:
> $ apt-get source -t testing xen-utils-4.1
> $ pbuilder --build xen_4.1.2-2.dsc
> $ dpkg -I /var/cache/pbuilder/result/xen-utils-4.1_4.1.2-2_amd64.deb
> <snip>
> Depends: e2fslibs (>= 1.41.0), libc6 (>= 2.7), libgnutls26 (>=
> 2.7.14-0), libncurses5 (>= 5.7+20100313), libpci3 (>= 1:3.1.7),
> libuuid1 (>= 2.16), libxen-4.1 (>= 4.1.2), libxenstore3.0 (>=
> 4.0.1~rc4), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), python (>= 2.6.6-3+squeeze3~), python
> (<< 2.6), xen-utils-common (>= 3.4.2-4)
> </snip>
>
> As we can see, there is a conflicting dependency:
> python (>= 2.6.6-3+squeeze3~), python (<< 2.6)

This look very much like bug #644573. I unarchived the bug and marked it 
as found in the squeeze's version.

BTW, debian-python@ (or even debian-mentors@) would be a better place to 
ask such questions.

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Jakub Wilk