Bug#906139: debian-policy: versioned depends on libjs-sphinxdoc unsatisfiable on stretch

[Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

Sean Whitton writes ("Re: Bug#906139: debian-policy: versioned depends on libjs-sphinxdoc unsatisfiable on stretch"):
> On Fri 17 Aug 2018 at 11:37AM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > What happens, on the system where debian-policy.deb is installed, if
> > this Depends is violated ?  Surely much of the content in is still
> > accessible ?  If so, Vagrant's request to downgrade the dependency is
> > correct.
> 
> The dependency is automatically generated and inserted into
> ${misc:Depends}.  This cannot be overridden.

This is a bug, surely.  It should be in ${sphix:Depends} or something.
Then you could put it in Recommends:.

Failing that, some appropriate seddery on debian/substvars or some
extra options to dh_something may be able to work around that bug.

Ian.

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