Bug#744275: biber: build and runtime dependencies on Perl are incorrect
severity 744275 wishlist
retitle 744275 adapt (build-)deps to allow no-fuzz backports
thanks
> As can easily be checked, biber 1.8 build depends on Perl 5.16, not
> 5.14, as listed in the build dependencies (see below).
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> Additionally, biber has a runtime dependency on Perl 5.16 as well, not
> just perl, as listed in the runtime dependencies (see below).
And, what is the problem?
I am building packages that are targetted for the *NEXT* stable
release, that is for testing and unstable.
We often have requirements not listed if they are not necessary
for the current unstable/testing status.
In this case, both unstable and testing contains perl 5.18, which
makes *all* dependencies unnecessary, because they are automatically
fulfilled.
> Both these facts become obvious if you try to build or run biber 1.8
> on Debian wheezy, which has Perl 5.14.
Which you can yo, and that is release 0.9.9+release-1 from Debian/stable.
> Installng the biber binary from unstable on wheezy succeeds, but this
Which is not a supported usage in Debian.
There is no bug here. Just abuse of the system.
> Similarly, the build dependencies are satisfied on wheezy, but trying
> to build it produces immediate complaints as follows:
Again, this is called "backporting" and requires adaption of build
dependencies.
I lower the severity to wishlist.
*I* will not go through all the other packages and check which one
are available in stable ...
All the best
Norbert
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