Bug#220205: acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#220205: ssh-askpass-gnome: Should not depend on ssh)
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 08:03:24AM -0600, thus spake Debian Bug Tracking System:
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 01:27:06PM +0100, Ignacy Gawedzki wrote:
> > Package: ssh-askpass-gnome
> > Version: 1:3.6.1p2-9
> > Severity: minor
> >
> > This package should only recommend ssh, since there could be a local
> > installation of ssh (with customized compile-time parameters).
>
> I disagree. This argument could apply to any dependency in Debian, and
> isn't a good reason to remove the dependencies. The real solution is in
> your next paragraph ...
Well, I thought about that argument right after having posted the
report. =)
> > Using equivs does not help (I did not totally figured out why yet).
>
> ... and that's what you need to fix. I'm guessing that you've got the
> version number wrong; notice that ssh-askpass-gnome's dependency on ssh
> is versioned, and includes an epoch (the initial "1:").
Yep, I tried this but it seems my equivs-build has troubles in creating
correct packages anyway, so this is yet another thing for me to fix.
> (Personally, if I were building a local version of ssh, I'd make a .deb
> containing it, but that's just my own preference.)
Right, but there is another problem: I don't feel very comfortable with
creating packages yet... =)
Anyway, sorry for having bothered you.
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