Bug#92569: apt can't handle an upgrade of the xemacs21* packages

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>]

On Thu, 17 May 2001, Matt Zimmerman wrote:

>...
> The order in which the packages are specified makes a difference.  If you
> apt-get install xemacs21 xemacs21-nomule, you get xemacs21-mule, while if you
> apt-get install xemacs21-nomule xemacs21, you don't (transcript below).

This information should hopefully make it more easy for the apt
maintainers to fix it.

> If xemacs21 were a pure virtual package, I might agree with you, but since
> xemacs21 is a real package and you specifically asked to install it, I think
> that apt is doing the right thing by installing the real package.  In fact, I
> might question the case where 'install xemacs21-nomule xemacs21' *doesn't*
> install xemacs21.
>...

I don't think "apt is doing the right thing" because it's not nice that it
depends on the ordering of the packages whether apt sees that the
dependencies of xemacs21 are fulfilled or not.


cu
Adrian

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