Hello Faheem, Am Freitag, 9. August 2013, 15:21:36 schrieb Faheem Mitha: > Hi, > > When I try to install r-cran-scales in unstable, I get
I think that this behavior is not special to r-cran-scales. Many other packages use ${R:Depends}, too (e.g., r-cran-plyr, r-cran-reshape, r-cran- rsqlite, r-cran-stringr). Kind regards Benjamin > > root@orwell:/home/faheem# apt-get install r-cran-scales > > [snip] > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > r-cran-scales : Depends: r-base-core (>= 3.0.1-3) but > 3.0.1-3~wheezycran3.0 is to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you > have held broken packages. > > I'm using Dirk's CRAN wheezy backport of R 3.0 from unstable. My point > is that ${R:Depends} seems to pick the most recent version of R that > it is built against. I don't know if this is actually necessary, > because this package clearly does not require such a tight dependency. > > To get it to work I had to rebuild on my machine. > > The relevant control follows. > > Regards, Faheem > > > ################################################ > > Source: r-cran-scales > Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team > <debian-med-packag...@lists.alioth.debian.org> > Uploaders: Benjamin Eikel <deb...@eikel.org> > Section: gnu-r > Priority: optional > Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), > cdbs, > r-base-dev (>= 2.10.0), > r-cran-rcolorbrewer, > r-cran-stringr, > r-cran-dichromat, > r-cran-munsell, > r-cran-plyr, > r-cran-labeling > Standards-Version: 3.9.4 > Vcs-Browser: > http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=debian-med/r-cran-scales.git > Vcs-Git: git://anonscm.debian.org/debian-med/r-cran-scales.git > Homepage: http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/scales/index.html > > Package: r-cran-scales > Architecture: all > Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, > ${misc:Depends}, > ${R:Depends}, > r-cran-rcolorbrewer, > r-cran-stringr, > r-cran-dichromat, > r-cran-munsell, > r-cran-plyr, > r-cran-labeling > Description: Scale functions for graphics > Scales map data to aesthetics, and provide methods for automatically > determining breaks and labels for axes and legends. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1906545.MmXPDVDHJr@pc-benjamin