Bug#233867: xlibs: WORKAROUND for xlib6g conflict for source-less packages
Package: xlibs
Version: 4.3.0-7
Severity: normal
Followup-For: Bug #233867
As I mentioned before, I had some binary packages hanging around that
depended on xlib6g. I didn't have access to the source packages for
these so I used dpkg-repack + alien to convert them:
<cd to some temp dir>
# dpkg-repack oldpackage1 oldpackage2 oldpackage3
<use apt to install new xlibs>
# alien -g oldpackage1_some.version-debversion_i386.deb
# cd oldpackage1-some.version
# debian/rules binary
# cd ..
# dpkg -i oldpackage1_some.version-newdebversion_i386.deb
This worked for me because alien created a
oldpackage_some.version/debian/control file where the Depends: line was
just "${shlibs:Depends}" and so it was calculated from current packages
after the installation of xlibs. I think it does this with every
package, but you might want to review the debian/control file before the
"debian/rules binary" step above.
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