On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 09:01:27PM -0500, Hubert Chan wrote: > On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 04:39:34 -0800, Steve Langasek said: > > Just for reference, can you explain what it is that prevents the > > library versions from being co-installable? I would expect a > > mass-rebuild anyway, but it sends up warning flags for me to hear that > > partial upgrades won't work. :) > I just double checked -- even though it might be possible to have both > old and new versions of libgnustep-base and libgnustep-gui, the old > version of gnustep-back cannot be installed at the same time as the new > gnustep-make, since gnustep-back tries to put files in > /usr/lib/GNUstep/.../Fonts and .../Documentation, which are now symlinks > in gnustep-make, and so they conflict. Since libgnustep-gui is pretty > much useless without gnustep-back, I don't think there's any point to > trying to fix the dependencies to make the libraries co-installable. Fair enough. > >> At least two of the packages that I know of are involved in the other > >> transitions: pdfkit.framework (C++), and cynthiune.app (C++, flac). > >> The updated pdfkit.framework for libstdc++6 is already in testing, as > >> is the updated cynthiune.app for libstdc++6 and libflac7. I don't > >> know of any other packages that are involved in any of the other > >> transitions. > > Sounds good. > I checked all the GNUstep packages (or at least all the packages that > "apt-cache search gnustep" found), and AFAICT, there are no other > packages that are part of any other current library transitions. Since > pdfkit.framework and cynthiune.app are already in testing, does this > mean we can go forward with uploading our new packages to sid? Yes, please go ahead and upload to sid. Thanks, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
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