On 21/06/12 12:22, Sander Lepik wrote: > 21.06.2012 13:35, AL13N kirjutas: >> B. fetch dependencies only from enabled repositories >> Problems: >> - if backports are enabled, dependencies could come from backports >> instead of release. >> >> Solutions for this: >> - this can be prevented in various ways: even as simple as the backport >> packager to bump an update with stricter requires so that the backport >> wouldn't be fetched (_IF_ it indeed would be incompatible) AND the update >> could have stricter requires for that new dependency. > I still can't see how are you going to solve this case: > I have backports enabled. There are packages that are newer than the one in > release. I > haven't installed them. Now new update requires such package that is both in > release and in > backports. Update will pull package from enabled backports as they are newer > - i didn't want > that.
But enabling backport means that you want that, no? Otherwise you don't enable backports. > And you can't just submit new backport that blocks it. Older backports are > still > there. So you can install those if new backport doesn't work for you (the > same we have for > updates at the moment). Cheers, -- Malo
