Re: Is the Debian dependency system broken? (wget vs libgnutls-deb0-28)
On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 16:03:32 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=788710#10
>
> Note that the problem still occurs on an available set of packages: just
> start with a Debian/stable system (jessie) and upgrade libgnutls-deb0-28
> to unstable (no dependencies/conflicts will yield an upgrade of wget,
> which will occasionally segfault).
I think either libgnutls-deb0-28 or libnettle6 should add a Breaks:
libnettle4[1], to ensure all related packages are upgraded in lockstep.
I have filed bug #788735 for this.
[1] Maybe it could "only" break all rdeps of libnettle4 at the
appropriate versions, but this is easier.
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Saludos,
Felipe Sateler
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