* Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Fri, 2007-05-11 at 21:36 -0700, Tristan Schmelcher wrote: > > I can confirm this. I am running Debian unstable and I did what James > > did (downloaded the compiz-gtk .deb from experimental, unpacked it into > > a directory and reconstructed the DEBIAN subdirectory, removed the > > "Conflicts" line from the control file, remade it with dpkg-deb, and > > installed with dpkg) and it is working fine. > > > > *******@********:~$ apt-show-versions compiz > > compiz/experimental uptodate 0.3.6-1 > > *******@********:~$ apt-show-versions compiz-core > > compiz-core/experimental uptodate 0.3.6-1 > > *******@********:~$ apt-show-versions compiz-gtk > > compiz-gtk/experimental uptodate 0.3.6-1 > > *******@********:~$ apt-show-versions compiz-gnome > > compiz-gnome/experimental uptodate 0.3.6-1 > > *******@********:~$ apt-show-versions compiz-plugins > > compiz-plugins/experimental uptodate 0.3.6-1 > > *******@********:~$ apt-show-versions metacity > > metacity/unstable uptodate 1:2.18.2-3 > > *******@********:~$ apt-show-versions metacity-common > > metacity-common/unstable uptodate 1:2.18.2-3 > > *******@********:~$ apt-show-versions libmetacity0 > > libmetacity0/unstable uptodate 1:2.18.2-3 > > *******@********:~$ uname -a > > Linux ******** 2.6.18-4-amd64 #1 SMP Wed Apr 18 17:35:10 UTC 2007 x86_64 > > GNU/Linux > > > > (You'll have to take my word for it that those things are also all > > actually running :) .) > > Nobody said there was a compile time conflict... the real question, > which numerous people have failed to answer over the last couple of > months, is: Does gtk-window-decorator built against libmetacity0 >= > 2.15.21 work with libmetacity0 < 2.15.21? If not, the conflict just > needs to be reversed or changed into a versioned dependency. > > > > Another thing. This should be fixed and compiz 0.3.6 moved from > > experimental to unstable sometime in the not-too-distant future, because > > currently the (legitimate, I assume) conflict between compiz 0.2.2 and > > libmetacity0 >= 2.15.21 prevents anyone from having both compiz and > > metacity up-to-date in unstable. > > Agreed. As a matter of fact, the git repository currently contains compiz 0.5.0, which I guess could go right into unstable. Just waiting for someone to do the honors. Cheers, Thierry
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