On 2008-07-29 11:57 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On my debian/testing machine I have a 3rd party package > gerris-snapshot (the debian gerris package is very old). > And ... > > > apt-cache show libgsl0-dev > > Package: libgsl0-dev > : > Version: 1.11-2 > : > Depends: libgsl0ldbl (= 1.11-2) > > > apt-cache show libgsl0ldbl > > Version: 1.11-2 > Replaces: gsl, libgsl0 (<= 1.9-4) > : > Conflicts: gsl, libgsl0
See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=477732 for the reasons why this "Conflicts" is necessary. > > apt-cache show gerris-snapshot > > Package: gerris-snapshot > Version: 1.2.0-080705 > Depends: libc6-dev | libc-dev, libgts-snapshot-dev (>= 0.7.6), > pkg-config, gcc, sed, gawk, m4, proj, libnetcdf3, libgsl0 This seems strange. Why should it depend on sed, which is an essential package? And why does it not have versioned dependencies on the last two libraries? > so that if I want to use the GSL development library > > > sudo apt-get install libgsl0-dev libgsl0ldbl > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > The following packages will be REMOVED > gerris-snapshot gfsview-snapshot libgsl0 vfplot > The following NEW packages will be installed > > The author of the package is prepared to replace its dependancies > by > > Depends: libc6-dev | libc-dev, libgts-snapshot-dev (>= 0.7.6), > pkg-config, gcc, sed, gawk, m4, proj, libnetcdf3, libgsl0 | > libgsl0ldbl He's obviously not using normal Debian tools to build his package. BTW, libnetcdf3 is not available in testing either. > but queries why this should be necessary -- if libgsl0ldbl > replaces libgsl0 then shouldn't the package libgsl0ldbl suffice to > satisfy gerris-snapshot's dependancy on libgsl0? In general, no. But it may work in this case, as libgs0dbl seems to be compatible with libgs0 on some architectures, including i386. > If not, would I be foolish to ask for this as a feature request? Ask whom for what? Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
