On Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 08:40:26PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 07:53:00PM -0700, Marc Singer wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 10:22:29PM -0400, Patricio Rojo wrote:
> > > Package: buici-clock
> > > Version: 0.4.5+b1
> > > Severity: grave
> > > Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> > > After last upgrade of the X system, buici-clock got removed. When trying 
> > > to reinstall it, I get the following message...
> 
> > > The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> > >   buici-clock: Depends: libice6 but it is not going to be installed
> > >                Depends: libsm6 but it is not going to be installed
> > >                Depends: libx11-6 but it is not going to be installed
> > >                Depends: libxext6 but it is not going to be installed
> 
> > ACK.  I'll take a look.
> 
> The problem is that buici-clock installs to /usr/X11R6/bin, which is going
> away.  This was always a bug in buici-clock, according to policy 11.8.7:
> 
>      Packages using the X Window System should not be configured to install
>      files under the `/usr/X11R6/' directory unless they use `imake'.  The
>      `/usr/X11R6/' directory hierarchy should be regarded as deprecated for
>      all packages except the X Window System itself, and those which use
>      the `imake' program it provides, in which case the packages may
>      transition out of the `/usr/X11R6/' directory at the maintainer's
>      discretion.[1]
> 
> But now it's a release-critical bug.  See
> <http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/04/msg00010.html>.
> 
> It looks like this is a one-line fix to debian/rules.
> 
> Thanks,

NP.  I incorrectly thought I'd done this already.




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