Bug#195643: dependency on tetex-bin
Atsuhito Kohda writes:
> From: Matthias Klose <doko@cs.tu-berlin.de>
> Subject: Bug#195643: dependency on tetex-bin
> Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 09:05:13 +0200
>
> > With each tetex-bin upload the autobuilders cannot build packages with
> > tetex-bin in it's build dependency list. This lasts until the last
> > architecture has built tetex-bin.
>
> Hmm, okay.
>
> > architecture has built tetex-bin. I doubt that in tetex-base a
> > dependency on tetex-bin (<= 2.0.2-3) is really necessary. At least I
> > cannot find anything in the changelogs. Please tighten the dependency
> > only, if it's necessary and keep it for the last tetex-bin version in
> > the repository (i.e. <= 2.0.2-2).
>
> I couldn't get your point. tetex-base does not depend on
> tetex-bin.
>
> civic:~$ apt-cache show tetex-base
> Package: tetex-base
> ...
> Depends: texinfo (>= 4.0b-1), debconf
>
> Or did you mean
yes.
> Conflicts: texidoc, ..., tetex-bin (<= 2.0.2-3), xbase...
>
> This is necessary because handling of texmf.cnf, fmtutil.cnf,
> updmap.cfg was changed between 2.0.2-3 and 2.0.2-4 in both
> tetex-bin and tetex-base.
if there is a reason, then it has to be as it is. but please don't
unnecessarily tighten the dependency for future uploads.
Matthias
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