Hi! On Sun, 2015-04-26 at 14:27:36 -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote: > Package: dpkg > Version: 1.17.25 > Severity: wishlist
> I was working on a fix for #783374, which is a problem only when > udisks2 is installed, and the fix itself requires a newer udisks2. > > I tried fixing gparted by adding a "Recommends: udisks2 (>= 2.1.5-1)" > to avoid creating a hard dependency on udisks2. But with that dpkg > happily installed gparted with udisks2 versions (2.1.3-5) that didn't > meet the stated version requirement. The proper way to express this is with Breaks. > I ended up using the hard dependency as a solution, but it's not ideal > (adding an unnecessary depends). It would be preferable for dpkg to > enforce version requirement in recommends fields. The semantics of that would be very confusing. And would IMO go against the Debian policy. This is something for a frontend to possibly enforce when configured that way. But certainly not for dpkg. It might also turn current installed dependencies unsatisfiable. Given that the correct fix here is to use a Breaks, and the above rationale, I'll be closing this bug report shortly. Thanks, Guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
