Bug#274373: xlibs should have versioned dependancy to libraries packages
Package: xlibs
Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8
Severity: normal
Hi,
I think xlibs should have versioned dependancy to individual library
packages, because in current situation command "apt-get install xlibs"
doesn't upgrade real x libraries - it only upgrades an xlibs metapackage
and leaves outdated real x libraries (for example libx11-6, libxext6 and
libxft1), so this misleads lots of users.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux dubrava.homelinux.org 2.6.5-1-k7 #2 Fri Apr 30 20:46:35 EST 2004 i686
Locale: LANG=lt_LT, LC_CTYPE=lt_LT
Versions of packages xlibs depends on:
ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System Session Management
ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxft1 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxi6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System Input extension li
ii libxmu6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System miscellaneous util
ii libxmuu1 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 lightweight X Window System miscel
ii libxp6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System printing extension
ii libxpm4 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X pixmap library
ii libxrandr2 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii libxt6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii libxtrap6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System protocol-trapping
ii libxtst6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System event recording an
ii xlibs-data 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System client data
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