Re: unnecessarily tight dependency on R for r-cran-scales
Le Fri, Aug 09, 2013 at 03:21:36PM +0530, Faheem Mitha a écrit :
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> When I try to install r-cran-scales in unstable, I get
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> root@orwell:/home/faheem# apt-get install r-cran-scales
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> [snip]
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> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> r-cran-scales : Depends: r-base-core (>= 3.0.1-3) but 3.0.1-3~wheezycran3.0 is to be installed
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
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> I'm using Dirk's CRAN wheezy backport of R 3.0 from unstable.
Hi Faheem,
r-cran-scales was built in Sid, where 3.0.1-3 was the latest version at that
time, and therefore r-cran-scales demands it. The backport in Wheezy has a
lower version number, and therefore does not satisfy the demand.
One could consider adding systematically the magic tilde to the version numbers
passed to ${R:Depends}, but at that point, I think that it is even better to
implement a versionned R API number.
Have a nice day,
--
Charles Plessy
Debian Med packaging team,
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
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