How to specify a >= X < Y Depends (Was: Packaging GNU Health)
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- Subject: How to specify a >= X < Y Depends (Was: Packaging GNU Health)
- From: Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu>
- Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 08:18:37 +0100
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Hi Emilien,
On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 11:54:59AM +0100, Emilien Klein wrote:
> ...
> As a general question:
> If package A depends on a specific set of releases (like in this case
> Tryton 2.4.X), how do we usually handle the case where the "libraries"
> are updated before the package depending on the library?
> Should I depend on Tryton >= 2.4 < 2.5? I assume that would generate
> conflicts once 2.6 is made available, but GNU Health still depends on
> an earlier version...
I admit a quick search has not uncovered the answer how to express this
Tryton >= 2.4 < 2.5
relation correctly. So I ask on debian-mentors list for help.
Kind regards
Andreas.
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