Re: Processed: libxaw-dev is long gone

[Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>]

On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 09:14:54AM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 03:48:54PM -0600, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> > Processing commands for control@bugs.debian.org:
> > 
> > > severity 169969 serious
> > Bug#169969: acfax: Pure virtual build-depends on libxaw-dev
> > Severity set to `serious'.
> > 
> > > severity 170006 serious
> > Bug#170006: emacs20: Pure virtual build-depends on libxaw-dev
> > Severity set to `serious'.
> 
> Why is a pure virtual build-depends a serious bug?
> Could you please point out the section of policy?

Forget the pure virtual bit - nothing in unstable provides libxaw-dev
any more.

xfree86 (4.2.1-12) unstable; urgency=high

  [...]
  * Kill off libxaw-dev virtual package per discussion on debian-devel mailing
    list.
    - debian/control:
      + libxaw6-dev now conflicts with and replaces libxaw7-dev instead of
        libxaw-dev
      + libxaw6-dev no longer provides libxaw-dev
      + libxaw7-dev now conflicts with and replaces libxaw6-dev instead of
        libxaw-dev
      + libxaw7-dev no longer provides libxaw-dev
  [...]

 -- Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>  Tue, 30 Sep 2003 15:34:48 -0500

Cheers,

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]