On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 04:25:57PM +0900, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've just been looking at the http://bjorn.haxx.se/debian/ output, and > found > a number of packages that might be able to go into testing with a little help. > I'm not very familiar with the hinting process, so I would appreciate if > someone > could translate these into the appropriate hints, or alternately explain why > the > situation in currently unresolvable.
Thanks! > The following packages render themselves uninstallable when entering > testing, > and also have an unfufillable Java dependency. Isn't this allowed for > contrib? > > charva/1.0.1-3 needs j2sdk1.3 | j2sdk1.4 > libitext-java/1.02b-3 needs java2-runtime > jetty/4.2.19-1 needs j2re1.3 | j2sdk1.3 | j2re1.4 | j2sdk1.4 | java2-runtime > rhdb-explain/2.0-1 needs j2re1.4 | java2-runtime > freeguide/0.7.2-2 needs j2sdk1.4 | java2-runtime http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2004/02/msg00065.html > The following packages render themselves uninstallable when entering > testing: > > batick/1.5final-3 Should be batik; likewise needs Java. > libxtm-perl/0.36-1 Conflicts with perl (>> 5.8). I've filed a bug. > snes9express/1.42-1 Dependency snes9x-x is missing on a number of architectures. > stardict/2.4.3-1 Hardcodes library dependency list rather than using ${shlibs:Depends}. The dependency on libc6 breaks alpha and ia64. I've filed a bug. > xmmplayer/0.3.3-1 > mplayerplug-in/2.60-1 Probably candidates for contrib overrides, when they're implemented. > xfree86-driver-synaptics/0.13.0-1 Built on s390 despite its lack of xserver-xfree86. Anyone? > The following package groups seem interdependent, but otherwise OK: > > ace/5.4.0.1-1, dbbalancer/0.4.4-6 > r-base/1.9.0-1, tseries/0.9.21-1 > sablevm/1.1.3-1, sablevm-classlib/1.1.3-1 All hinted in various ways. I'm not sure how r-base and sablevm will work; we'll see. > The following packages render themselves uninstallable when entering > testing, > and also have a dependency on the updated r-base: > > boot/1.2.16-2 > its/1.03-1 > foreign/0.6.8-1 The dependency explains why they render themselves uninstallable; I'll ignore these unless they continue to have problems after the new r-base is promoted. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
