On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 08:31, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 01:20:56PM -0500, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
> > >From the i386 buildd log:
> > >The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> > > groff: Depends: libxaw7 (> 4.1.0) but it is not going to be installed
> > > Depends: xlibs (> 4.1.0) but it is not going to be installed
> > > libglide2-dev: Depends: libglide2 but it is not going to be installed
> > > libglide3-dev: Depends: libglide3 but it is not going to be installed
> > > libxcursor-dev: Depends: libxcursor1 (= 1.0.2-4) but it is not going to
> > > be installed
> > > Depends: xlibs-dev but it is not going to be installed
> > > libxft-dev: Depends: libxft2 (= 2.1.2-5) but it is not going to be
> > > installed
> > > Depends: xlibs-dev but it is not going to be installed
> > > libxrender-dev: Depends: libxrender1 (= 0.8.3-5) but it is not going to
> > > be installed
> > > Depends: xlibs-dev but it is not going to be installed
> > > Depends: render-dev but it is not going to be installed
> > > tetex-bin: Depends: libxaw7 (> 4.1.0) but it is not going to be installed
> > > Depends: t1lib1 but it is not going to be installed
> > > Depends: xlibs (> 4.1.0) but it is not going to be installed
> >
> > Gah? All of these look bogus to a lesser or greater extent, but what needs
> > to be done about them?
>
> James Troup, on IRC and a few of the porting lists, speculated that this
> is a buildd problem, and gave instructions for working around it.
>
> I asked him if he thought it was due a packaging bug, and he wasn't sure
> but seemed to think it probably wasn't.
>
> The package seems to be perfectly buildable in a sid chroot using
> debuild or dpkg-buildpackage. I wouldn't have uploaded it if it
> weren't, and this approach also worked on i386 and s390 (at least).
Isn't the problem that xlibs{,-dev} are now Architecture: all, and their
dependencies can't be satisfied on architectures where the split
libraries haven't been built yet?
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