Bug#377284: autoconf: source build fails with dependency on previous testing version

2006-07-10 Thread Michael Moss
That said, I can't really speak for the Debian Autoconf package. If it derives from an upstream tarball, it should not need autoconf at build time at all. If it wishes to use an installed autoconf, it should do fine with 2.59. Hope this helps a bit. (And please report back problems!) Yeah, i

Bug#377284: autoconf: source build fails with dependency on previous testing version

2006-07-07 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Michael Moss wrote on Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 11:39:50PM CEST: > Package: autoconf > Version: 2.59.cvs.2006.06.05-1 > Severity: important > Justification: fails to build from source > dpkg-checkbuilddeps: Unmet build dependencies: autoconf (>= > 2.59.cvs.2006.05.13) > > Is it normal to depend on

Bug#377284: autoconf: source build fails with dependency on previous testing version

2006-07-07 Thread Michael Moss
Package: autoconf Version: 2.59.cvs.2006.06.05-1 Severity: important Justification: fails to build from source Trying to backport this version of autoconf fails because it depends on a prior testing (etch) version, but that version is no longer available because it was replaced by subsequent vers