* Steve Langasek (vorlon@debian.org) wrote: > On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 01:37:14AM -0500, Eric Dorland wrote: > > * Steve Langasek (vorlon@debian.org) wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 04:28:30AM -0500, Eric Dorland wrote: > > > > I have a few minor fixes in packages that are in unstable right now > > > > that while not release critical, I think would be helpful to have in > > > > the next release. I've attached patches below for ease of reviewing. > > > > > automake 1:1.4-p6-11 -> 1:1.4-p6-12 > > > > > This just removes the provides of automake, since we're moving away > > > > from supporting automake 1.4, and also adds a versioned conflict on > > > > automake, which allows automake1.4 and the new automake package be > > > > able to be installed at the same time, which would be good. Low risk. > > > > Four packages in testing build-depend on automake[1]. Do you know which > > > version they build with? > > > > Granted, the current situation means that the resolution of the build-dep > > > may be non-deterministic; but it might instead be deterministic but > > > non-obvious, in which case this change would introduce 4 RC bugs... > > > Well don't the buildds and other tools always prefer a real package > > over a Provides? > > They'll do whatever apt-get does. Is it the case that apt-get always > prefers a real package? If so I have no problem unblocking this. Well doing an apt-get install automake in a fresh etch chroot with no automake packages installed does the following: # apt-get install automake Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: autoconf autotools-dev m4 Suggested packages: autoconf2.13 autobook autoconf-archive gnu-standards autoconf-doc automake1.10-doc Recommended packages: automaken The following NEW packages will be installed: autoconf automake autotools-dev m4 0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/1055kB of archives. After unpacking 3863kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Selecting previously deselected package m4. (Reading database ... 9637 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking m4 (from .../archives/m4_1.4.8-2_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package autoconf. Unpacking autoconf (from .../autoconf_2.61-4_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package autotools-dev. Unpacking autotools-dev (from .../autotools-dev_20060702.1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package automake. Unpacking automake (from .../automake_1%3a1.10+nogfdl-1_all.deb) ... Setting up m4 (1.4.8-2) ... Setting up autoconf (2.61-4) ... Setting up autotools-dev (20060702.1) ... Setting up automake (1.10+nogfdl-1) ... So it looks like it will certainly prefer the real package over the virtual one. -- Eric Dorland <eric@kuroneko.ca> ICQ: #61138586, Jabber: hooty@jabber.com 1024D/16D970C6 097C 4861 9934 27A0 8E1C 2B0A 61E9 8ECF 16D9 70C6
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