Re: cowbuilder/pbuilder: require newer version from experimental
On 10/27/2015 03:11 PM, Ole Streicher wrote:
> Hi,
>
> to build an "experimental" version of one of my packages, I need to
> specify a package that is in unstable (1.0.5-1) and in experimental
> (1.1~b1-1), and I need the experimental version here.
>
> With "cowbuilder --login --save-after-login", I have put the
> "experimental" distribution into /etc/apt/sources.list:
>
> (chroot) # cat /etc/apt/sources.list
> deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ sid main
> deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian experimental main
>
> and I did "sudo cowbuilder --update" afterwards. When I then do a
> "cowbuilder --login", I can install the needed version manually:
>
> (chroot) # apt-get install python-astropy-helpers=1.1~b1-1
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> The following extra packages will be installed: [...]
>
> However, when I now try to use this to build my package, it does not
> work:
>
> $ pdebuild
> [...]
> This package is uninstallable
> Dependency is not satisfiable: python-astropy-helpers (>= 1.1~)
> [...]
>
> The package I am trying to build is python-astropy, from the alioth git:
>
> http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/debian-astro/packages/python-astropy.git/tree/?h=experimental
>
> What could be the cause that the dependency is not satisfied from
> experimental here?
>
Hi,
may be a "cowbuilder --update" is missing ?
Alternatively one can try to inject a local package as described here:
https://wiki.debian.org/PbuilderTricks
Best regards,
Alex
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