On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 09:49:36AM -0700, Ivan Kohler wrote: > On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 09:52:24PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 07:58:46PM -0700, Ivan Kohler wrote:
> > * Revert to upstream 2.4.1 to get this compiled & working against lenny > > libxcrypt (closes: Bug#487487). > > Why in the world, with that changelog entry, did the build-deps get changed > > to point to a sid-only version of libxcrypt in the first place? > They weren't. The build-deps were changed to point to they previous > version of libxcrypt, which is in *lenny*. They were changed not "just > because", but because the newer version isn't working, and there is > little chance of getting it working soon. Ok; apparently I misread the control file. Build-Depends: [...] libxcrypt-dev (>= 2.4), libxcrypt-dev (< 3.0) Apparently, my question was meant to be: why was a package uploaded to unstable that build-depends on a version of libxcrypt that's only in testing (since libxcrypt-dev 3.0-2 was uploaded over a month before your libpam-unix2 upload)? I'm not seeing how you expected this to work, so I'm not sure what to recommend as a way out of this mess. > > Also, why do you propose to address this by adding an epoch to a library > > (which is never good), > Precisely why I asked for advice before doing anything... it did sound > like there might be a better way.. > > instead of fixing the libxcrypt build problem in > > unstable and getting that unblocked? > Perhaps I was unclear. > Take a look at the bug report, please. > To fix the libxcrypt build problem in unstable, I'll need to revert to > the previous version. Why can't you *fix* the bug? It's a trivial build failure to fix - just stop building with -Werror. > 3.0 currently in unstable is unsuitable for release. For reasons other than the build failure? That is certainly not evident from the BTS. If the build failure is the only reason, I don't see why you wouldn't just fix it. If there are other reasons, they should be documented in the BTS. > How do you suggest I revert to libxcrypt 2.4 to fix the build problems > in unstable *without* using a library epoch? I don't. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
