Bug#551775: bitlbee: Uninstallable package due to conflict with libc6

2009-11-08 Thread peter green
It looks like you forgot to really Cc them BTW? I did but I resent the mail seperately to them afterwards. So yeah, we'd need a libresolv.so that exports these: lib/lib.o: In function `srv_lookup': /home/wilmer/src/bitlbee/devel/lib/misc.c:483: undefined reference to `__res_query'

Bug#551775: bitlbee: Uninstallable package due to conflict with libc6

2009-11-08 Thread Wilmer van der Gaast
peter green wrote: It looks like you forgot to really Cc them BTW? I did but I resent the mail seperately to them afterwards. Ah, found it. Looks like I'm not CC'ed on that anymore though. I think it used to not work otherwise seems like a very good reason for me to use the static lib. :-)

Bug#551775: bitlbee: Uninstallable package due to conflict with libc6

2009-11-07 Thread peter green
Does anyone know if there is any particular reason that bitlbee uses libresolv.a rather than libresolv.so ? Yes; the fact that Ulrich Drepper thought it'd be a good idea to declare this API private and unsupported, claiming it's for internal use only, even though it's documented in

Bug#551775: bitlbee: Uninstallable package due to conflict with libc6

2009-11-07 Thread Wilmer van der Gaast
peter green wrote: Does anyone know if there is any particular reason that bitlbee uses libresolv.a rather than libresolv.so ? Yes; the fact that Ulrich Drepper thought it'd be a good idea to declare this API private and unsupported, claiming it's for internal use only, even though it's

Bug#551775: bitlbee: Uninstallable package due to conflict with libc6

2009-10-29 Thread Ryan Tandy
Hi, I'm a bitlbee user on the armel arch and have encountered this bug. While the 1.2.4-1+b1 upload of bitlbee has fixed the libc6 dependencies on some arches, the dependency is still incorrect on armel: The following packages have unmet dependencies: bitlbee: Depends: libc6 ( 2.10) but

Bug#551775: bitlbee: Uninstallable package due to conflict with libc6

2009-10-21 Thread Wilmer van der Gaast
Alok G. Singh wrote: Rebuilding the package on a buildhost with the latest libc6 (2.10.1-1) installed creates a package that does not conflict libc6. No changes are required except the rebuild. So that's what confuses me. Are you seeing this problem on amd64 or some different arch? Because

Bug#551775: bitlbee: Uninstallable package due to conflict with libc6

2009-10-21 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Wed, 21 Oct 2009, Wilmer van der Gaast wrote: Alok G Singh wrote: The libc6 version available in sid is 2.10.1-1, but bitlbee demands a version strictly less than 2.10. Note that I did not add that dependency myself. I have absolutely no idea where it comes from and why it's not

Bug#551775: bitlbee: Uninstallable package due to conflict with libc6

2009-10-20 Thread Alok G Singh
Package: bitlbee Version: 1.2.4-1 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable The libc6 version available in sid is 2.10.1-1, but bitlbee demands a version strictly less than 2.10. The error is: bitlbee: Depends: libc6 ( 2.10) but 2.10.1-1 is installed -- System Information: Debian

Bug#551775: bitlbee: Uninstallable package due to conflict with libc6

2009-10-20 Thread Alok G. Singh
It appears that this problem arises due to bitlbee being built with an older version of libc6. Specifically, the /var/lib/dpkg/info/libc6.symbols file is where dpkg-shlibdeps gets the conflict for the latest libc6. HTH. -- Alok Platonic Shadow: A nonsexual friendship with a member of

Bug#551775: bitlbee: Uninstallable package due to conflict with libc6

2009-10-20 Thread Wilmer van der Gaast
Alok G Singh wrote: The libc6 version available in sid is 2.10.1-1, but bitlbee demands a version strictly less than 2.10. Note that I did not add that dependency myself. I have absolutely no idea where it comes from and why it's not affecting any other package. If you or anyone else who reads

Bug#551775: bitlbee: Uninstallable package due to conflict with libc6

2009-10-20 Thread Alok G. Singh
Rebuilding the package on a buildhost with the latest libc6 (2.10.1-1) installed creates a package that does not conflict libc6. No changes are required except the rebuild. -- Alok QOTD: I'm on a seafood diet -- I see food and I eat it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to