On Mon, 13 Jan 1997 21:28:30 EST Dale Scheetz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, 13 Jan 1997, Philippe Troin wrote: > > > > On 13 Jan 1997, Tony Robinson wrote: > > > > > > > Whilst trying to upgrade using the ftp method to the latest stable > > > > release (i.e. rex-fixed a.k.a. Debian-1.2.2) I have the following > > > > conflicts: > > > > > > > > dungeon depends on libc5 (>= 5.4.17-1) > > > > abuse depends on libc5 (>= 5.4.17-1) > > > > filerunner depends on libc5 (>= 5.4.17-1) > > > > xfig depends on libc5 (>= 5.4.17-1) > > > > cthugha depends on libc5 (>= 5.4.17-1) > > > > > > For the other packages, nothing can be done (unless the maintainer is > > really careful). Hopefully, we should soon have a stable and unstable > > non-free and contrib.
> > Note that while dpkg will complain, these programs should work correctly... > > If they work correctly with the older library, then there was no reason to > build them with a "non-release" library in the first place! [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Doesn't this suggest that the current scheme used in dpkg-shlibdeps > for version dependencies is too strict? Yes and no. The new libc 5.4.17-1 has a shlibs file saying if won't run with lower versions (>=5.4.17-1). It should be >=5.4. Phil. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
