On 2008-02-05 17:50 +0100, Sune Vuorela wrote: > On 2008-02-05, Sven Joachim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Today a version of imlib11ยน built against libgif4 was uploaded to >> unstable, and I noticed that it can't be installed because emacs21, > > woops. My fault I guess. didn't put that much into the change. I can > also revert imlib11 if preferred by release team at this stage. > > But it would be nice to unify on one giflib thingy.
Indeed, libungif4 is scheduled for removal. >> So it seems that all packages currently build-depending on libungif4-dev >> need to be rebuilt against libgif-dev to resolve the issue; binNMUs will >> not be enough, sourceful uploads are necessary. > > Having libungif4-dev shlib file say libungif4g (>=something) | libgif4 > and binNMU all rdepends could be a smoother way, but maybe not > preferred. I have another idea: let giflib build a dummy package libungif4g that depends on libgif4 and version the `Conflicts' and `Replaces' of libgif4 on libungif4g. That way libgif4 could work around the lack of versioned `Provides' in dpkg, and there's no hurry to update all packages build-depending on libungif4-dev immediately. Does that sound reasonable? Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
