Tobias Frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi,
> "However as far as I see, the actual issue in #459424 is very different: > package bar (in this context: libsane-extras) is buggy whether it is in > installed state or removed state. > Package foo (in this context: libsane) is not required to work around bar > breakage as long as bar > is not part of a stable release. If foo insists to do it, then I think > the best option is to do it in the preinst script." I'm not willing to touch a conffile from another package in the preinst, this would be an option but it's another option that's very prone to breakage. I have two ways to avoid the current breakage for people in your situation: - have libsane Depend on libsane-extras (>= 1.0.18.15) - change the name of the label in the udev rules in libsane, so as to make it unique again At that time, if I was to do something about it, I'd just add the dependency to libsane. That's going to pull in libsane-extras for everybody, which is no big deal. libsane-extras is only a separate package because it's handy when it needs to be updated, not because of its size or dependencies. Option 2 is a partial fix, in that the udev rules in libsane-extras really have 2 bugs, and option 2 only works around one of them. I'd rather have them BOTH fixed. I think I'm going for option 1 later today. > I'm not reopening, to let you decide how to handle the bug. As far as libsane-extras is concerned, the bug is fixed. The bug did not make it to a stable release, as it only appeared after Linux 2.6.22, and that's waaaayyyy after Etch's release :) JB. -- Julien BLACHE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Debian, because code matters more Debian & GNU/Linux Developer | <http://www.debian.org> Public key available on <http://www.jblache.org> - KeyID: F5D6 5169 GPG Fingerprint : 935A 79F1 C8B3 3521 FD62 7CC7 CD61 4FD7 F5D6 5169 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
