Niko Tyni [2014-09-10 23:23 +0300]: > The dependencies seem to be currently satisfied by something like > [generate a dummy package with the right dependencies] > dpkg --unpack dummy package > apt-get -f install
Correct, as this will leave complicated dependency resolution to apt. > Inserting an explicit 'apt-get install <package>' invocation should pull > in the separate package even if it's already provided AFAICS? If that will ignore provides, then that would be a plausible way for the '@' part. adt-run would then need to resolve architectures by itself, though. And we still need the adt-satdep dummy package / -f install trick to install all the other test dependencies, as they can contain arbitrarily complex constructions of alternatives, architectures, version constraints, etc. I really want to avoid reimplementing half of apt's resolver in autopkgtest :-) I think I'll keep that idea on the shelf for now. I've heard Michael Vogt talk about some possible improvements in apt to make it easier to install local debs etc., so perhaps by the time we get versioned provides (if we get them), apt will make this easier for us. Thanks, Martin -- Martin Pitt | http://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer (www.ubuntu.com) | Debian Developer (www.debian.org) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
