reopen 546860 thanks Hi!
> From: Xavier Bestel <xavier.bes...@free.fr> > To: Debian Bug Tracking System <sub...@bugs.debian.org> > Subject: bluez: depends on extra package (makedev) > Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:15:09 +0200 > > Package: bluez > Version: 4.42-2 > Severity: serious > Justification: Policy 2.5 > 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" uninstallable and so blocks the > sysv-rc conversion to dependency based boot. That's not true, as the dependency had an alternative ‘makedev | udev’, here the proper fix was to switch them to ‘udev | makedev’ as MAKEDEV is being used in the postinst. Also removing makedev makes it impossible to use bluez w/o udev which some might desire. On Tue, 2009-10-13 at 12:03:21 +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report > which was filed against the bluez package: > > #546860: bluez: depends on extra package (makedev) > > It has been closed by Andrea Veri <andrea.ver...@gmail.com>. > Changes: > bluez (4.56-1) unstable; urgency=low > . > * debian/control: [...] > - removed makedev depends. (Closes: #546860) So please revert this and switch the order instead. thanks, guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
