Public bug reported:
snapd 2.68.3 introduced this change in d/control:
--- a/packaging/ubuntu-16.04/control
+++ b/packaging/ubuntu-16.04/control
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Build-Depends: autoconf,
python3-pytest,
squashfs-tools,
tzdata,
- udev,
+ systemd-dev | udev (< 255),
xfslibs-dev
Standards-Version: 3.9.7
Homepage: https://github.com/snapcore/snapd
A "<" version comparison is incorrect. According to the debian
policy[1]:
The relations allowed are <<, <=, =, >= and >> for strictly earlier, earlier
or equal, exactly equal,
later or equal and strictly later, respectively. The exception is the
Provides field, for which only =
is allowed.
There is a note[2]:
The relations < and > were previously allowed, but they were confusingly
defined to mean earlier/later
or equal rather than strictly earlier/later. dpkg still supports them with a
warning, but they are no
longer allowed by Debian Policy.
I'm not just being nitpicky, though. This is causing an autopkgtest
failure[3]:
226s autopkgtest [20:03:17]: testing package snapd version 2.68.3+ubuntu25.04.2
228s autopkgtest [20:03:19]: build not needed
233s autopkgtest [20:03:24]: test integrationtests: preparing testbed
234s E: Invalid operator '<' at offset 770, did you mean '<<' or '<='?
That's because d/t/control has @builddeps@, which will "copy" the
offending version comparison, and my guess is that autopkgtest is not as
lenient with the old style "<" comparison, and outright fails.
1. https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html
2. https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#id7
3.
https://objectstorage.prodstack5.canonical.com/swift/v1/AUTH_0f9aae918d5b4744bf7b827671c86842/autopkgtest-plucky/plucky/amd64/s/snapd/20250401_200346_044be@/log.gz
** Affects: snapd (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: update-excuse
** Tags added: update-excuse
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Incorrect version dependency declaration in d/control causes
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