Bryce, Thanks for replying here and in IRC. it does appear g-g-j-pgtype does successfully build with g-g-j-pgx 3.6.2-2. I'm about to EOW but will contact an AA next week about the next steps.
Thanks again! William On Fri, Jul 1, 2022 at 12:08 PM Bryce Harrington < bryce.harring...@canonical.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 01, 2022 at 11:34:13AM -0500, William Wilson wrote: > > Greetings ubuntu-devel, > > > > This week I was on +1 maintenance and I noticed an odd circular > dependency > > between two packages. > > > > - Package golang-github-jackc-pgtype is in NEW and is dependency wait > on > > golang-github-jackc-pgx-v4-dev. > > - Package golang-github-jackc-pgx-v4-dev is a new binary package to be > > built from src:golang-github-jackc-pgx as it migrates from major > version v3 > > to v4. > > - src:golang-github-jackc-pgx can not build any v4 binaries without > > golang-github-jackc-pgtype-dev, which is built from > > src:golang-github-jackc-pgtype > > > > > > The TL;DR of this is that src:golang-github-jackc-pgtype cannot build > > without binaries from src:golang-github-jackc-pgx, which cannot build > > without binaries from src:golang-github-jackc-pgtype, and thus there is a > > circular dependency. > > > > Are there any methods for dealing with this type of circular dependency? > In > > Debian I can see they did a binary-only upload to fix this, but as far > as I > > know there is no such thing in Ubuntu. > > Right, that's not generally an available option for us. The two > approaches I've had success with are a) bypassing test-during-build, and > b) bootstrapping from earlier versions. Towards the end of this page is > a section on handling circular dependencies that explain these two: > > > https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-maintainers-handbook/blob/main/ProposedMigration.md1 > > In this case, it doesn't look like the dependency is due to testing so > option (b) may be worth looking at. It appears that g-g-j-pgtype > used to depend on g-g-j-pgx-dev, at version 1.10.0-3, which is currently > available in kinetic. > > So, I think the bootstrap solution might be: > > 1. Verify that g-g-j-pgtype (1.10.0-3) actually does build > successfully against g-g-j-pgx-dev (3.6.2-2). (This is probably > best to verify in a PPA.) If so, then... > > 2. Request an Archive Admin to delete from -proposed: > - golang-github-jackc-pgtype (1.10.0-4) source & binary > - golang-github-jackc-pgx (4.15.0-4) source & binary > > 3. Prepare and upload g-g-j-pgtype (1.10.0-3), and verify it > builds ok. Then proceed with syncpackage on both packages to pull > in the newer versions. > > If step #1 does *not* work, then the problem is more complex. It might > be worth checking in with the Debian maintainer for ideas at that point. > > Bryce > > > I briefly thought about combining the packages, but that is not idea > > for a few reasons: > > > > 1. It breaks our golang-github-<username>-<repo> packaging convention. > > 2. It would install possibly un-needed source code on people's > machines > > if they install the combined package but really only needed one. > > > > Now for the report of things I was able to solve: I usually focus mainly > on > > failed tests, but I noticed there were quite a few FTBFS packages, so I > > decided to focus on those. > > > > libdigidoc - openssl v3 related regression. This is fixed in Ubuntu and I > > have created a QA upload for Debian. This will be sponsored by ginggs. > > > > rinutils - filed https://launchpad.net/bugs/1980243 and > > https://bugs.debian.org/1014169 to explain that it needs new > dependencies > > packaged > > > > golang-github-masterminds-sprig - I fixed a regression in this package > > which unblocked: > > * golang-step-crypto > > * golang-step-cli-utils > > * golang-github-smallstep-certificates > > Thanks to seb128 for helping shepherd some of these binary packages > through > > the NEW queue > > > > golang-oras-oras-go - Fixed a regression in Ubuntu and forwarded to > Debian > > > > golang-mongodb-mongo-driver - Fixed a regression in Ubuntu (and forwarded > > to Debian) which unblocks: > > * golang-github-go-openapi-strfmt > > * golang-github-go-openapi-validate > > * golang-github-go-openapi-runtime > > > > golang-github-openshift-imagebuilder: Fixed regression in Ubuntu and > > forwarded to Debian > > > > scamper - Fixed a regression in Ubuntu and forwarded to Debian > > > > Thank you for reading, > > > > William 'jawn-smith' Wilson > > > -- > > ubuntu-devel mailing list > > ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel > >
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