Re: Unstable : Version issues with libghc6-regex-base-dev

[Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>]

On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 06:42:51PM +1100, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> In my debian unstable pbuilder chroot I have a problem with a couple
> of the regex libraries. When I try to install them I get:
> 
>   libghc6-regex-base-dev:
>         Depends: ghc6 (< 6.8.2+) but 6.10.1+dfsg1-13 is to be installed
>         Depends: libghc6-mtl-dev (< 1.1.0.0+) but 1.1.0.2-6 is to be installed
> 
> On my development system I got around this by grabbing the source
> package, adding a new changelog entry and bumping the version from
> 0.93.1-3 to 0.93.1-4 and then build and install the package.
> 
> Obviously, this solution is no good for my chroot which downloads
> from my local debian mirror.

A possible work-around to your immediate problem is if you have your
rebuilt packaes in an apt-getable location, then you can tell pbuilder to
look there as well as (after) the mirror you are already using.

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