Re: Bug#35014: apt/gnome-apt: versionning problems + suggestion

[Mitch Blevins <mblevin@mindspring.com>]

In foo.debian-deity, you wrote:
> Package: apt, gnome-apt
> Version: 0.3.2, 0.3
> 
> I just upgraded apt to 0.3.2, whereas I did not found a new version
> for gnome-apt.  As the latter has a dep against libapt-pkg.so.2.0,
> which is not in apt_0.3.2, I suggest the following mechanism, which I
> already use for e2fsprogs.
> 
> * make apt_0.3.2 provide libapt2.2
> 
> * add a line in apt.shlibs directing depending packages to the
> libapt2.2 virtual package.
> 
> This will automatically make gnome-apt, and any other packages
> depending on libapt-pkg have valid dependencies.

This is exactly what has been done.  I'm surprised you didn't notice
this in apt 0.3.2.
Gnome-apt follows this scheme for versions 0.3.1 and greater.
You can find the latest gnome-apt in the gnome staging area at
http://www.debian.org/~jules/gnome-stage-2

or you can add the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://www.debian.org/~jules/gnome-stage-2 unstable main

-Mitch
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