Bug#460562: [Pkg-db-devel] Bug#460562: Bug#460562: change of package name to libdb-dev makes it uninstallable

2008-01-13 Thread Clint Adams
reassign 460562 subversion thanks On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 07:46:13PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: Can't you link Subversion against Berkeley DB 4.6? According to a report on the Subversion mailing list, the current version passes its test suite unchanged even when using Berkeley DB. -- To

Bug#460562: [Pkg-db-devel] Bug#460562: Bug#460562: change of package name to libdb-dev makes it uninstallable

2008-01-13 Thread Martin Guy
reassign 460562 db thanks Sorry, it's not as simple as that; it impacts on more than one other package. If you want to get everyone to use libdb4.6 instead of explicitly 4.[2345] (which would be a Good Thing, assuming 4.6 is backward-compatible with all the others), then I think you need to file

Bug#460562: [Pkg-db-devel] Bug#460562: Bug#460562: change of package name to libdb-dev makes it uninstallable

2008-01-13 Thread Clint Adams
On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 08:07:20PM +, Martin Guy wrote: Sorry, it's not as simple as that; it impacts on more than one other package. If you want to get everyone to use libdb4.6 instead of explicitly 4.[2345] (which would be a Good Thing, assuming 4.6 is I certainly want that.

Bug#460562: [Pkg-db-devel] Bug#460562: Bug#460562: change of package name to libdb-dev makes it uninstallable

2008-01-13 Thread Martin Guy
feel free to help out by adding to http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/[EMAIL PROTECTED];tag=oldbdb;dist=unstable Can do. Should I ask them to change to requiring libdb-dev or libdb4.6-dev? I.E. Is the future plan to keep one version only and simply increase libdb's version number, or to carry on