Norbert Preining <norb...@preining.info> writes:
> But 1.4.7-2 is in testing, so there is not necessarily a need for having > a stricted dependency, as it would only complicate backporting. > > Upgrades from stable require full upgrade which also would bring in a > new libxapian30, so I don't really see the need to add this. > > Did you have a mixed system of partially updated one? It's a regular testing system, but yeah, partially updated. Maybe it's a bad habit nowadays, but I got in the habit years ago, when I had a slower internet connection, of updating software in aptitude individually, which I also like because it lets me keep tabs on what's pulling in what. Usually this works fine, because if software needs a newer version of a library it bumps the >= in the dependency, but in this case the unversioned depends on libxapian30 meant the upgrade didn't get pulled in. I see the point about complicating backports though, especially if xapian's upstream isn't carefully versioning its symbols. -Mark -- Mark J. Nelson Falmouth University http://www.kmjn.org
