Sean Whitton writes ("Re: Bug#906139: debian-policy: versioned depends on
libjs-sphinxdoc unsatisfiable on stretch"):
> On Fri 17 Aug 2018 at 11:37AM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > What happens, on the system where debian-policy.deb is installed, if
> > this Depends is violated ? Surely much of the content in is still
> > accessible ? If so, Vagrant's request to downgrade the dependency is
> > correct.
>
> The dependency is automatically generated and inserted into
> ${misc:Depends}. This cannot be overridden.
This is a bug, surely. It should be in ${sphix:Depends} or something.
Then you could put it in Recommends:.
Failing that, some appropriate seddery on debian/substvars or some
extra options to dh_something may be able to work around that bug.
Ian.
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