Le Mer 14 Juin 2006 15:23, Pierre Habouzit a écrit : > Le Mar 13 Juin 2006 07:12, Anthony Towns a écrit : > > Apps can do either: > > > > Package: foo > > Depends: python (>= 2.4), python-bar > > > > /usr/bin/foo: #!/usr/bin/env python > > doesn't it breaks if python-bar only provides 2.3 modules ? because > in an apt PoV the dependencies will be fullfiled, but the application > won't work for obvious reasons. > > the XS-Python-Version for that application would be >= 2.4 e.g., and > that would mean that at package build time, one should ensure all the > dependency chain *has* to provide at least one fully available chain > (not necessarily 2.4, maybe 2.5 or higher ...). > > and if it breaks because at some point a secondary dependency does > not provides one of the modules it was supposed to, apt won't see > it's uninstallable, because real dependencies schemes do not match > how they are projected into the apt ones, they are more subtle.
okay never mind, like Joss explained on IRC, python-bar Depends: python (<< 2.4) and that works. sorry for the noise. -- ·O· Pierre Habouzit ··O [EMAIL PROTECTED] OOO http://www.madism.org
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