Bug#398259: dvipdfmx: Depends on non-existing package dvipdfm
Package: dvipdfmx
Version: 1:20040411-4
Severity: important
dvipdfmx declares:
Depends: tetex-bin | texlive-base-bin, tetex-base | texlive-base-bin, dvipdfm, ...
dvipdfm only existed in potato. In sarge it is provided by tetex-bin,
in etch by tetex-bin or texlive-base-bin. But this causes upgrade
problems, and dvipdfm never was supposed to survive as a virtual
package. Therefore, texlive-base-bin in unstable has stopped to
Provide: dvipdfm.
The unfortunate consequence is that now dvipdfmx is no longer
installable with texlive - we were not aware of this.
So either dvipdfm should drop the dependence on dvipdfm, and instead
depend on the respective tetex or texlive packages directly. Or else we
should agree on a dvipdfm virtual package with a defined functionality
and reintroduce it.
What is the functionality from the old dvipdfm package that dvipdfmx
needs? Just some files in /usr/share/texmf*/?
Regards, Frank
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (99, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-2-686
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Versions of packages dvipdfmx depends on:
ii debconf 1.4.30.13 Debian configuration management sy
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22sarge4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libkpathsea3 2.0.2-30sarge4 path search library for teTeX (run
ii libpaper1 1.1.14-3 Library for handling paper charact
ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-1 PNG library - runtime
ii tetex-base 3.0.dfsg.3-1~bpo.1 Basic TeX input files of teTeX
ii tetex-bin [dvipdfm] 3.0-23~bpo.1 The teTeX programs
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-4.sarge.2 compression library - runtime
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Dr. Frank Küster
Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer (teTeX/TeXLive)
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