Re: Build-conflicts: ?
stappers@stappers.nl (Geert Stappers) writes:
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 09:35:11PM +0200, Magos?nyi ?rp?d wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > There is a build-time conflict of the zorp package to
> > python2.1: if I have both python2.1 and python2.2-extclass
> > installed, then configure exists with an error. If I remove
> > python2.1, it builds okay.
> > How can I express this fact in debian/control?
>
> AFAIK Build-Depends tells only what is needed,
> there is no method to tell to de-install (apt-get remove) a package
> before building.
A nasty hack would be to build-depend on "no-python2.1" and make
no-python2.1 an empty deb conflicting with python2.1.
> > (Well, I know that it would be just a workaround.
> > Upstream is notified.)
Given it would be a very evil thing to do and take a while to get a new
package accepted anyway fixing upstream is time better spend.
MfG
Goswin
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