Bug#564217: [luatex] unresolvable dependency cycle

[Hilmar Preusse <hille42@web.de>]

On 08.01.10 Daniel Herzog (herzog@luftgetrock.net) wrote:

Hi Daniel,

> Package: luatex
> Version: 0.50.0-1
> Severity: serious
> 
> --- Please enter the report below this line. ---
> 
> Steps to reproduce.
>         1. context (2008.05.21-1) is installed, depends on texlive-base-bin 
> (>= 2007) and recommends luatex (any).
>         2. luatex (0.28.0-2) got installed.
>         3. luatex (0.50.0-1) became available, collides with texlive-base-bin 
> (< 2008).
>         4. Only texlive-base-bin (2007.dfsg.2-8) is available.
> 
> Results in the following cycle (default solution):
>         1. Downgrade texlive-base-bin (2007.dfsg.2-8) to 
> (2007.dfsg.2-4+lenny1).
>         2. Upgrade texlive-base-bin (2007.dfsg.2-4+lenny1) to texlive-base-bin 
> (2007.dfsg.2-8).
>         3. Go to 1.
> 
> Alternative solution:
>         a) remove luatex and
>         b) keep texlive-base-bin (2007.dfsg.2-8) and
>         c) keep texlive-luatex [(not installed) and
>         d) ignore context recommends luatex
> 
> texlive-binaries seems to be involved as the provider of a virtual package.
> 
> Both solutions aren't prefect.
> Can you resolve this issue?
> 
AFAICT that report is only valid as long as TL 2009 is not in
testing. TL 2009 is in testing for a while, can we close that bug?

H.
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