Re: strange package dependencies

[Joachim Trinkwitz <jtr@uni-bonn.de>]

Christoph Groth <cgroth@gmx.net> writes:

> So apt wants to replace libesd-alsa0 with libesd0.  But why?  Sure,
> xtux depends on `libesd0 (>= 0.2.14-0.2)' but `libesd-alsa 0.2.17-7'
> which is installed provides `libesd0'.  What is the point in replacing
> `libesd-alsa 0.2.17-7' with `libesd0 0.2.17-7'?

Some older packages aren't aware of libesd-alsa0 providing libesd0
(packages have to have an explicit dependancy on "libesd0 | libesd-alsa0"
to be installed with the latter one, it's not enough that libesd-alsa0
provides the previous one).

You should file a bug report on xtux.

Greetings,
joachim