Re: Debian 1.2.2 and dependency on libc5 (>= 5.4.17-1)
On Mon, 13 Jan 1997 21:28:30 EST Dale Scheetz (dwarf@polaris.net)
wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Jan 1997, Philippe Troin wrote:
>
> > > On 13 Jan 1997, Tony Robinson wrote:
> > >
> > > > Whilst trying to upgrade using the ftp method to the latest stable
> > > > release (i.e. rex-fixed a.k.a. Debian-1.2.2) I have the following
> > > > conflicts:
> > > >
> > > > dungeon depends on libc5 (>= 5.4.17-1)
> > > > abuse depends on libc5 (>= 5.4.17-1)
> > > > filerunner depends on libc5 (>= 5.4.17-1)
> > > > xfig depends on libc5 (>= 5.4.17-1)
> > > > cthugha depends on libc5 (>= 5.4.17-1)
> > > >
> > For the other packages, nothing can be done (unless the maintainer is
> > really careful). Hopefully, we should soon have a stable and unstable
> > non-free and contrib.
> > Note that while dpkg will complain, these programs should work correctly...
>
> If they work correctly with the older library, then there was no reason to
> build them with a "non-release" library in the first place!
cmchow@se.cuhk.edu.hk said:
> Doesn't this suggest that the current scheme used in dpkg-shlibdeps
> for version dependencies is too strict?
Yes and no. The new libc 5.4.17-1 has a shlibs file saying if won't run with lower versions (>=5.4.17-1). It should be >=5.4.
Phil.
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