Your message dated Sun, 13 Feb 2011 10:08:28 +0100
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and subject line Re: Bug#613146: syslinux: Strange Breaks/Replaces combinations
between syslinux and syslinux-common
has caused the Debian Bug report #613146,
regarding syslinux: Strange Breaks/Replaces combinations between syslinux and
syslinux-common
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Package: syslinux
Version: 2:4.03+dfsg-11
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| Package: syslinux
| Version: 2:4.03+dfsg-11
| Replaces: syslinux-common
| Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), syslinux-common (= 2:4.03+dfsg-11)
| Breaks: syslinux-common (<< 2:4.03+dfsg-11)
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| Package: syslinux-common
| Version: 2:4.03+dfsg-11
| Replaces: syslinux
| Breaks: syslinux (<< 2:4.03+dfsg-11)
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What is the point of syslinux/syslinux-common breaking all previous
versions of each other, causing one of them to be deconfigured on every
upgrade? The syslinux version in Squeeze already has a strict versioned
dependency on syslinux-common, so at least the Breaks in syslinux is
entirely redundant.
The unversioned Replaces look also rather dubious, they should probably
be restricted to versions where you actually moved files between
syslinux and syslinux-common.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-rc4-nouveau+ (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages syslinux depends on:
ii libc6 2.11.2-11 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii syslinux-common 2:4.03+dfsg-11 collection of boot loaders (common
syslinux recommends no packages.
Versions of packages syslinux suggests:
ii dosfstools 3.0.9-1 utilities for making and checking
ii mtools 4.0.12-1 Tools for manipulating MSDOS files
pn os-prober <none> (no description available)
-- no debconf information
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On 02/13/2011 09:57 AM, Sven Joachim wrote:
> What is the point of syslinux/syslinux-common breaking all previous
> versions of each other
bootloaders (syslinux) and modules (syslinux-common) need to match.
although it happens rarely that modules of the previous version don't
work with the next versions bootloaders, it's not guaranted to work and
the strong declared relations ensure your system stays bootable.
also, see changelog with the referenced bugs for more information.
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