Ok, thanks! Now I get it ;) I'll try to grab python from unstable, if that works out.
thanks, Juha On Wed, 2003-10-15 at 18:31, Aubin Paul wrote: > Debhelper affects the _building_ of packages, not the installation. If > you want to use precompiled packages you'd need to have a package > called 'python' with version 2.3. This is not the same as having > python2.3 > > The python package depends on the default version of python. You'd > either need to grab the 'python' package from unstable (shouldn't be > hard since it has almost no dependencies except Python2.3 itself) > > Aubin > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 06:14:47PM +0300, Juha wrote: > > Could you please elaborate? I've got version 4.1.75 of debhelper > > installed, the same as in unstable. I'd love to make it just work[tm] ;) > > > > But doing eg. > > > > bash:~# apt-get install python2.3-mmpython > > Reading Package Lists... Done > > Building Dependency Tree... Done > > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have > > requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable > > distribution that some required packages have not yet been created > > or been moved out of Incoming. > > > > Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that > > the package is simply not installable and a bug report against > > that package should be filed. > > The following information may help to resolve the situation: > > > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > > python2.3-mmpython: Depends: python (>= 2.3) but 2.2.3-3 is to be > > installed > > E: Broken packages > > > > thanks, Juha > > > > > > On Wed, 2003-10-15 at 17:48, Aubin Paul wrote: > > > It's because old versions of debhelper don't support 2.3. The best > > > thing to do is grab a backport (or backport it youself) > > > > > > Aubin > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 05:33:04PM +0300, Juha wrote: > > > > Ok, no big deal. Especially if most of the packages have debian/ build > > > > rules as you said. > > > > > > > > The thing with the dependencies is a bit annoying though. The one > > > > dependency that seems to cause all the trouble is python2.3. What the > > > > dependency checking system can't seem to figure out is that I actually > > > > have python versions 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 installed, but only the 'debian > > > > testing' default one, ie. python2.2 is detected. > > > > > > > > anyhow, got some compiling to do... ;) > > > > > > > > thanks, Juha > > > > > > > > On Wed, 2003-10-15 at 00:08, Aubin Paul wrote: > > > > > The problem is mainly that we have limited storage space on the > > > > > Sourceforge server. I can put up the diffs, but you'd have to fetch > > > > > the source packages from elsewhere. > > > > > > > > > > In quite a few cases, the packages include the debian/ build rules, so > > > > > it should be easy to get the upstream and build them. Offhand, I know > > > > > that mmpython, pylirc and freevo itself have them. > > > > > > > > > > python2.3-fchksum is available from the maintainer as a deb too. > > > > > (google for python2.3-fchksum) > > > > > > > > > > The missing packages (for which I can provide diffs) are mp1e, and > > > > > pylcd. > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 10:25:19PM +0300, Juha wrote: > > > > > > Hello All, > > > > > > > > > > > > I guess this question is mostly to Aubin. Would it be possible to > > > > > > provide the debian source packages in addition to the debian unstable > > > > > > binaries that can currently be found on > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freevo.sourceforge.net/debian unstable main > > > > > > (ie. deb-src http://freevo.sourceforge.net/debian unstable main) > > > > > > > > > > > > This way I could build the packages easily for my testing/unstable > > > > > > debian installation. The dependencies in the pre-built packages makes > > > > > > them very hard to install them on my installation. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > Juha > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. > > > > > > SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. > > > > > > See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: > > > > > > Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Freevo-users mailing list > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. > > > > > SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. > > > > > See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: > > > > > Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Freevo-users mailing list > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. > > > > SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. > > > > See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: > > > > Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Freevo-users mailing list > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. > > > SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. > > > See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: > > > Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Freevo-users mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. > > SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. > > See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: > > Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php > > _______________________________________________ > > Freevo-users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. > SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. > See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: > Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php > _______________________________________________ > Freevo-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. 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