On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 11:50:19AM +0100, Hilmar Preusse wrote: > dlocate actually depends on findutils (<< 4.2.31-2).
no, it depends on 'locate | findutils (<< 4.2.31-2)' > [...] > Depends: dctrl-tools | grep-dctrl (>= 0.11), dpkg (>= 1.8.0), locate | > findutils (<< 4.2.31-2), perl > [...] > > The version in unstable/testing however is 4.2.33-1 resp. 4.2.32-1, which > makes your package uninstallable. No, findutils can't be removed, as it is > essential. could you show an example? dlocate depends on either 'locate' or 'findutils (<< 4.2.31-2)'. that was changed recently (Dec 2007) because locate & frcode were split out from the findutils package into a separate package called 'locate'. to put it another way: dlocate actually depends on the frcode program. frcode used to be in findutils package (<< 4.2.31-2), but is now in the locate package. so, either the 'locate' package or 'findutils <<4.2.31-2' will satisfy the dependancy. see Bug #453952 for more details. btw, what are you using? apt-get? aptitude? if you're describing an actual event rather than just theory, try with the other one. if that works, then i'd suspect that there might be a bug in the dependancy resolution of the other. BTW, in case you're worried about incompatibility with mlocate, that package does not conflict with the locate package....although you do have to take steps to stop both locate and mlocate from indexing the filesystems. see Bug #454471 for more details. see also Bug #454106, one of the messages contains a useful method for generating the locate db from the mlocate db. > P.S.: there are a lot of bugs on your package having the tag "fixed", but > were never closed. hmmm. i guess i've just assumed all along that Fixed is equivalent to Closed, and they don't actually need to be closed. i've adopted all the NMU changes, so i'll just close all the Fixed bugs next time i upload an update. craig -- craig sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
