On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 10:12:35PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > severity 575786 important > thanks > > On Sun, 09 May 2010, Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: > > Totally tired with having this bug here and there with different > > packages, I change my mind and bump the severity of this bug to > > serious, as dpkg fails to comply with ยง7.6.2 of Debian policy, > > including an example in the policy: > > I don't agree with your interpretation. The packaging system doesn't refer > only to dpkg but to the whole system: apt + dpkg.
I am not sure how you reach that conclusion since using apt is not mandated by policy. In my view 7.6.2. also apply to plain dpkg. > Currently the non-regression tests of dpkg ensure that doing a dpkg -i > in your situation effectively fails: > http://git.debian.org/?p=dpkg/pkg-tests.git;a=tree;f=t-conflict-provide-replace-virtual;hb=master > > So it's not really a mistake and I don't agree with the RC severity. What is your rationale for that test? Cheers, -- Bill. <[email protected]> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100520194041.gh27...@yellowpig
