On Wed 16 Sep 2009, Xavier Bestel wrote: > > your package depends on "makedev" which is an "extra" packages. > That's a violation of Debian Policy 2.5: > "Packages must not depend on packages with lower priority values (excluding > build-time dependencies). In order to ensure this, the priorities of one or > more packages may need to be adjusted."
Is it enough for the dependency on makedev to be changed to "udev | makedev"? Otherwise the priority has to be changed, I don't know whether the ftp maintainers have to modify things for that to happen. > Moreover, this makes "makedev" un-uninstallable and so blocks the sysv-rc > conversion to dependency based boot. That's interesting, how can this make makedev un-uninstallable? If the package needs makedev, then makedev obviously needs to exist; vice versa, if makedev is removed, this package also is removed... Paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
