Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> On 24.01.2013 09:22, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
>> Fixing this properly would presumably require an iptables update in
>> testing (either bumping shlibs or, better, backporting the
>> introduction of a separate libxtables9 package from sid) followed by a
>> binnmu.
>
> Introducing new binary packages via tpu at this stage of a freeze doesn't
> immediately meet my definition of "better", fwiw...
Sure. It's better because without a separate package the upgrade path
is complicated. With a separate package:
install libxtables9
upgrade packages that use libxtables
upgrade iptables
Without a separate package:
deconfigure packages that use libxtables
upgrade iptables
upgrade packages that use libxtables
In other words, having a separate package allows both versions of
the library to coexist on the filesystem.
Here are the Reverse-build-dependencies of iptables-dev: collectd,
connman, iproute, linux-igd, nufw, perlipq, shaperd, west-chamber,
xtables-addons.
Of those, only connman and xtables-addons declare a dependency on
libxtables9. It looks like the transition wasn't finished in sid. :(
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