Your message dated Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:23:48 +0200
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and subject line Re: Bug#546877: depends on extra package (makedev)
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Package: microcode.ctl
Version: 1.17-12
Severity: serious
Justification: Policy 2.5
Hi,
your package depends on "makedev" which is an "extra" packages.
That's a violation of Debian Policy 2.5:
"Packages must not depend on packages with lower priority values (excluding
build-time dependencies). In order to ensure this, the priorities of one or
more packages may need to be adjusted."
Moreover, this makes "makedev" un-uninstallable and so blocks the sysv-rc
conversion to dependency based boot.
Thanks to fix it,
Xav
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages microcode.ctl depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.27 Debian configuration management sy
ii libc6 2.9-26 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii makedev 3.3.8.2-0 Creates device files in /dev
ii module-init-tools 3.10-3 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii po-debconf 1.0.16 tool for managing templates file t
ii udev 146-2 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo
Versions of packages microcode.ctl recommends:
ii intel-microcode 0.20090330-1 Processor microcode data file for
ii wget 1.11.4-4 retrieves files from the web
microcode.ctl suggests no packages.
-- debconf information:
* microcode.ctl/check-new: true
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--- Begin Message ---
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 10:46:25 +0200, Giacomo A. Catenazzi wrote:
> I don't think this is a bug, and I don't think your analysis is correct:
> microcode.ctl depends on "udev | makedev", thus it depends on makedev ONLY if
> udev (a package with higher priority) is not installed, and this happen only
> if user choose not to follow the priorities.
>
> Also the second part: if a system have udev installed, the package makedev
> could
> be removed. (on the countrary, please fill the bug on dpkg or apt).
>
> I'll ask other maintainer if my interpretation is right, before closing
> or resolving the bug.
>
Closing. This bug is on crack.
Cheers,
Julien
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