Re: package stuck in unstable after switching to AutomaticDebugPackages
On 05/08/2016 11:55 PM, Mattia Rizzolo wrote:
> On Sun, May 08, 2016 at 09:40:02PM +0000, Niels Thykier wrote:
>> James Cowgill:
>>> On Sun, 2016-05-08 at 20:17 +0200, Alex Mestiashvili wrote:
>>>> gearmand package has stuck in unstable due to missing -dbg packages:
>>>>
>>>> https://release.debian.org/migration/testing.pl?package=gearmand
>>>
>>> It's not migrating because the old dbg packages are still in sid.
>>
>> The note from testing.pl is (now) just an informational message. Have a
>> look at [1], which notes the following items of interest:
>
> In general, testing.pl is imho more confusing than anything else. And
> really reading the message in tracker.d.o is usually more than enough to
> understand what's wrong. Not in this case, but here testing.pl didn't
> either...
>
>>> Usually stuff like this is removed automatically by dak's auto
>>> decrufter but apparently not this time.
>>>
>>
>> Hmm, apparently the auto-decrufter thinks that the removal of
>> libgearman7-dbg would break libgearman-dbg. I suspect part of the issue
>> is that libgearman-dbg is an arch:all package (which has a different
>> heuristic for depending when it should be decrufted).
>>
>>> If you file a NBS removal bug against ftp.debian.org then the package
>>> should migrate after the dbg packages are removed manually.
>>>
>>> James
>>>
>>
>> I agree that it would probably help. :)
>
> I agree that a NBS removal for libgearman-dbg should be enough.
> Then the autodecrufter will be able to remove libgearman7-dbg, and then
> gearmand will be able to migrate.
>
Thank you for the details, I am preparing a new upload fixing a couple
of minor issues and will file the NBS removal bug.
Best regards,
Alex
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