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Package: dpkg
Version: 1.17.25
Severity: wishlist
I was working on a fix for #783374, which is a problem only when
udisks2 is installed, and the fix itself requires a newer udisks2.
I tried fixing gparted by adding a "Recommends: udisks2 (>= 2.1.5-1)"
to avoid creating a hard dependency on udisks2. But with that dpkg
happily installed gparted with udisks2 versions (2.1.3-5) that didn't
meet the stated version requirement.
I ended up using the hard dependency as a solution, but it's not ideal
(adding an unnecessary depends). It would be preferable for dpkg to
enforce version requirement in recommends fields.
Best wishes,
Mike
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On Sun, 2015-04-26 at 22:34:54 +0200, Guillem Jover wrote:
> On Sun, 2015-04-26 at 14:27:36 -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote:
> > Package: dpkg
> > Version: 1.17.25
> > Severity: wishlist
>
> > I was working on a fix for #783374, which is a problem only when
> > udisks2 is installed, and the fix itself requires a newer udisks2.
> >
> > I tried fixing gparted by adding a "Recommends: udisks2 (>= 2.1.5-1)"
> > to avoid creating a hard dependency on udisks2. But with that dpkg
> > happily installed gparted with udisks2 versions (2.1.3-5) that didn't
> > meet the stated version requirement.
>
> The proper way to express this is with Breaks.
>
> > I ended up using the hard dependency as a solution, but it's not ideal
> > (adding an unnecessary depends). It would be preferable for dpkg to
> > enforce version requirement in recommends fields.
>
> The semantics of that would be very confusing. And would IMO go
> against the Debian policy. This is something for a frontend to
> possibly enforce when configured that way. But certainly not for
> dpkg. It might also turn current installed dependencies unsatisfiable.
>
> Given that the correct fix here is to use a Breaks, and the above
> rationale, I'll be closing this bug report shortly.
Closing now.
Thanks,
Guillem
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