Hi, On 08/14/2014 11:18, Niko Tyni wrote: > dpkg (1.17.11) unstable; urgency=low > [...] > * Add versioned Provides support: > - Add a new dpkg --assert-versioned-provides command. > - Packages can provide a specific version, “virtual (= 1.0)” which will > be honored, previously it would just be accepted when parsing. > - Non-versioned virtual packages will not satisfy versioned dependencies. > - Versioned virtual packages will satisfy non-versioned dependencies. > Based on skeletal code by Ben Collins <[email protected]>. > Closes: #7330, #24934, #112131, #134582, #180316 > > I expect this will be very useful for us and will put an end to the > mess with 'perl (>= 5.18.0) | libdual-life-module (>= x.x)' dependencies. > AIUI, 'libdual-life-module (>= x.x)' should be enough in the future. > > Assuming dpkg in wheezy already accepts the versioned provides when > parsing, I suppose we could put them in the perl package straight away > and start cleaning the dependencies after jessie.
Does APT support this already? Ansgar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
