On 2012-09-11 15:36:15 +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > [ David Kalnischkies ] > * handle packages without a mandatory architecture (debian-policy §5.3) > by introducing a pseudo-architecture 'none' so that the small group of > users with these packages can get right of them without introducing too > much hassle for other users (Closes: #686346)
I'm not sure whether this is done correctly. For instance, I have the following packages installed: Package: docbook-mathml Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: text Installed-Size: 100 Maintainer: Mark Johnson <[email protected]> Version: 1.0.0-2 Depends: xml-core (>= 0.05), sgml-base (>= 1.17), docbook-xml (>= 4.1.2-4), w3-dtd-mathml Suggests: docbook-xsl Description: Extension to DocBook XML for using MathML markup [...] (with a missing architecture and which depends on docbook-xml) and: Package: docbook-xml Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: text Installed-Size: 2024 Maintainer: Debian XML/SGML Group <[email protected]> Architecture: all Version: 4.5-7.1 Provides: docbk-xml Depends: sgml-data (>= 2.0.2), sgml-base (>= 1.26+nmu2) Pre-Depends: xml-core (>= 0.12) Suggests: docbook, docbook-dsssl, docbook-xsl, docbook-defguide Conffiles: [...] Description: standard XML documentation system for software and systems [...] apt is up-to-date: ay:~> apt-show-versions apt apt/unstable uptodate 0.9.7.5 but... ay:~> sudo apt-get remove --purge -s docbook-mathml docbook-xml Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package 'docbook-mathml' is not installed, so not removed. Did you mean 'docbook-mathml:none'? The following packages will be REMOVED: docbook-xml* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 566 not upgraded. Purg docbook-xml [4.5-7.1] so that docbook-mathml would depend on a package that has been uninstalled. However if I do this, the system doesn't notice this broken dependency, as if docbook-mathml were not installed at all (so that I don't need an "apt-get -f install"). -- Vincent Lefèvre <[email protected]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
