Re: connman: Connman won't run due to missing libxtables.so.7

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> On 24.01.2013 09:22, Jonathan Nieder wrote:

>> Fixing this properly would presumably require an iptables update in
>> testing (either bumping shlibs or, better, backporting the
>> introduction of a separate libxtables9 package from sid) followed by a
>> binnmu.
>
> Introducing new binary packages via tpu at this stage of a freeze doesn't
> immediately meet my definition of "better", fwiw...

Sure.  It's better because without a separate package the upgrade path
is complicated.  With a separate package:

	install libxtables9
	upgrade packages that use libxtables
	upgrade iptables

Without a separate package:

	deconfigure packages that use libxtables
	upgrade iptables
	upgrade packages that use libxtables

In other words, having a separate package allows both versions of
the library to coexist on the filesystem.

Here are the Reverse-build-dependencies of iptables-dev: collectd,
connman, iproute, linux-igd, nufw, perlipq, shaperd, west-chamber,
xtables-addons.

Of those, only connman and xtables-addons declare a dependency on
libxtables9.  It looks like the transition wasn't finished in sid. :(