Re: Versionned dependencies

[Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>]

Tanguy Ortolo <tanguy+debian@ortolo.eu> writes:

> Goswin von Brederlow, 2012-02-09 15:02+0100:
>> Again I don't see how the situation would be different with depends
>> instead of breaks. In both cases it is impossible to install a
>> mismatching set of versions.
>
> Well, with
>     Package: xul-ext-adblock-plus
>     Depends: iceweasel (>= 3.6.13, << 12.0~a1+) | iceape (>= 2.1, << 2.9~a1+)
> you could install xul-ext-adblock-plus as long as you have a compatible
> version of iceweasel, even if you have an incompatible version of
> iceape.
>
> With the current implementation
>     Package: xul-ext-adblock-plus
>     Depends: iceweasel (>= 3.6.13) | iceape (>= 2.1)
>     Breaks: iceweasel (>= 12.0~a1+), iceweasel (<< 3.6.13),
>             iceape (>= 2.9~a1+), iceape (<< 2.1)
> you cannot install xul-ext-adblock-plus if you have an incompatible
> version of iceape, even if you have a compatible version of iceweasel.
> Which is wrong.

True, there is a small difference there. Thanks for explaining.

Unless it truely breaks (e.g. segfaults) iceweasel or iceape the depends
would then be better.

MfG
        Goswin