close 521826 thanks This one time, at band camp, Sebastien Bernard said: > Using debian with sparc machine, the system proposed me to update clamav-base > clamav-freshclam and clamav-docs from 0.94.dfsg-2.1 to 0.95.dfsg-1. > Unfortunately, the clamav-daemon package was missing in the archive. > The clamav-daemon failed to build on sparc architecture. > Nevertheless, the apt stil proposed me to upgrade the available packages and > removes the clamav-daemon, thus, leaving the system with a broken mail system > since the clamav daemon is used in the mail processing. > The package souldn't be upgraded if the clamav-daemon is not available in the > newer version. > I had to downgrade manualy the whole package suite knowning that the next > apt-get upgrade > will break the clamav again.
There's nothing much we as developers can do about a package being transiently missing in unstable. If missing packages are going to be a problem for you, then the solution is simply: don't use unstable packages. If you need newer packages than stable, use testing or volatile or backports. Unstable is called unstable for a reason, and it's got very little to do with the package. Cheers, -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ,''`. Stephen Gran | | : :' : sg...@debian.org | | `. `' Debian user, admin, and developer | | `- http://www.debian.org | -----------------------------------------------------------------
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