Bug#571771: openoffice.org-java-common: Couldn't configure pre-depend ... probably a dependency cycle
reassign 571771 openoffice.org-report-builder
severity 571771 important
found 571771 1:3.2.0-2
thanks
Hi,
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 02:57:00PM -0700, Gordon Haverland wrote:
> Package: openoffice.org-java-common
> Version: 1:3.1.1-16
If at all, this would be a bug in the 3.2 version. 3.1.1-16 is unfixable
anyway. (and in -report-builder, as that is what apt complains about,
not -java-common)
> In trying to bring in the 3.2 version, I received the following:
>
> E: Couldn't configure pre-depend openoffice.org-java-common for
> openoffice.org-report-builder, probably a dependency cycle.
Yeah, I know..
> In submitting this report, I was first presented with more than 1
> screenful of "advice" on submitting bugs about OpenOffice.org
> bugs. It really looks like you never want to receive bug reports
> on OpenOffice.org packages. [...]
No, I don't want bugs which are obviously bpgus or are wishes against
upstream which I won't fo anything about except forwarding upstream.
I also don't want a sitload of upstream bugs here I won't fix anyway
but forward upstream. That has notihing do do with not wanting to have
bug reports.
> This problem looks entirely involved with Debian packaging, [...]
No one denied that.
> but I won't ever submit a bug about openoffice.org
> to Debian after reading all that stuff. I'll just wait for updates
> quietly.
Bad. Do you really think with haveing a loads of useless bugs here would
help quality? No, In contast it would just "waste" time for the *1* packager
of this beast to handle them instead of doing valuable work.
Anyway, to the bug:
This is not completely fixable. The Depends: are correct for -report-builder.
I of course can remove the Ore-Depends: (which would make the Depends icorrect)
but then you still wouldn't have a proper upgrade of -report-builder.
(Apt will just happily remove it and not reinstall it again)
Do the upgrade without -preort-builder and then install it again is the
sanest workaround for now (but I have no illusion that you won't follow
it given your rant about trying to keep the BTS in a maintainable state)
Grüße/Regards,
René
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