reopen 541303 thanks On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 10:30:11PM +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report > which was filed against the bind9-host package: > > #541303: bind9-host: please provide transitional host binary package > > It has been closed by Julian Gilbey <[email protected]>.
D'oh!! I accidentally sent my message to [email protected]! > On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 04:58:09PM -0600, LaMont Jones wrote: > > Ummm... > > > > bind9 has provided host for quite some time... apt-get install host will > > get you bind9-host if there isn't a real 'host' package.. > > There is a transition problem, though. It isn't very good to not have > a transition route from the now defunct host package to your > bind9-host package, which is why I've reopened the bug report. > I realise that it's not your fault that this has happened, but you are > best-placed to rectify the situation. > > What happened was this. I had the "host" package installed (not > maintained by your good self). This has now been removed from > unstable and testing, so I was left with a package called "host", > listed as "Obsolete and Locally Created Packages". In that situation, > aptitude doesn't offer to "upgrade" to the bind9-host package, as > there is already a real (not Provided) "host" package on the system. > So the only healthy cure is to have a real host binary package. The > two obvious possibilites are either to rename the bind9-host package > to host, having bind9-host depend on host (>=...), or for the > bind9-host source to provide a dummy transitional "host" package which > allows people to migrate to the bind9-host package seamlessly. > > Thanks! > > Julian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
