Re: How to cope with bad package

[Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>]

John Skaller <skaller@users.sourceforge.net> writes:

> How should a package build script cope with a fault
> in a package used in a build?
>
> The situation: there is a fatal bug in the 'ocaml' binary
> package for the amd64 architecture. This package would
> contain the native code ocaml compiler for amd64, which
> has a bug. Native code compilers for x86 works.
>
> The debian/rules can detect amd64, and there is a way
> to force the upstream source to not use the native code
> compiler.
>
> However, the problem will probably be fixed, but I cannot
> predict in which release of Ocaml. 
>
> I propose to 'hack' debian/rules to cope. Would that
> be the proper way?

'Build-Conflict: ocaml (== version) [amd64]' I believe. You just have
to hope the next upload fixes the problem.

MfG
        Goswin