Control: tags -1 + pending Hi Manoj,
On Sat, Oct 08, 2016 at 06:58:16AM +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote: > Can we please find a solution to this as it breaks very many packages > close to the base system? Given your unexpected silence on this matter, I have NMUed flex to DELAYED/10 with the attached patch. It implements the solution that you preferred in our previous discussion. I'll also carry out the MBF you announced[1] and revalidated 270 packages, of which about 50 need an additional dependency. If any of this does not fit with you, please speak up soon so we can cancel the upload. Helmut [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2016/03/msg00162.html
diff -u flex-2.6.1/debian/NEWS.Debian flex-2.6.1/debian/NEWS.Debian --- flex-2.6.1/debian/NEWS.Debian +++ flex-2.6.1/debian/NEWS.Debian @@ -1,3 +1,13 @@ +flex (2.6.1-1.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium + + In this upload, the flex package drops its dependency on libfl-dev, because + it is impossible to forward the correct architecture constraint. It contains + the FlexLexer.h header and is thus required for using the FlexLexer C++ + interface. Packages using this library need to add libfl-dev to their + Build-Depends. + + -- Helmut Grohne <[email protected]> Wed, 23 Nov 2016 13:18:32 +0100 + flex (2.5.33-7) unstable; urgency=low This version of Flex is a major upgrade from previous versions. There diff -u flex-2.6.1/debian/changelog flex-2.6.1/debian/changelog --- flex-2.6.1/debian/changelog +++ flex-2.6.1/debian/changelog @@ -1,3 +1,12 @@ +flex (2.6.1-1.1) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Non-maintainer upload. + * Demote flex dependency on libfl-dev to Recommends. + * Have libfl-dev depend on flex to enforce the same-version constraint. + * Annotate flex Multi-Arch: foreign again (Closes: #840080). + + -- Helmut Grohne <[email protected]> Thu, 24 Nov 2016 07:34:27 +0100 + flex (2.6.1-1) unstable; urgency=low * New upstream version. The development of flex ias transitionaing to diff -u flex-2.6.1/debian/control flex-2.6.1/debian/control --- flex-2.6.1/debian/control +++ flex-2.6.1/debian/control @@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ Package: flex Architecture: any Pre-Depends: debconf | debconf-2.0 -Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, m4, libfl-dev (= ${binary:Version}), +Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, m4, dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info, ${misc:Depends} -Recommends: gcc | c-compiler +Recommends: gcc | c-compiler, libfl-dev Suggests: bison, build-essential +Multi-Arch: foreign Description: fast lexical analyzer generator Flex is a tool for generating scanners: programs which recognized lexical patterns in text. It reads the given input files for a description of a @@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ Section: libdevel Architecture: any Multi-Arch: same -Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends} +Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}, flex (= ${binary:Version}) Replaces: flex (<< 2.5.39), flex-old (<= 2.5.4a-10) Breaks: flex (<< 2.5.39), flex-old (<= 2.5.4a-10) Description: static library for flex (a fast lexical analyzer generator)
