Bug#590226: linux-tools-2.6: uninstallable

2010-07-25 Thread Török Edwin
Package: linux-tools-2.6 Severity: normal $ sudo aptitude install linux-tools-2.6 The following NEW packages will be installed: linux-tools-2.6 linux-tools-2.6.32{ab} 0 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 409 not upgraded. Need to get 291kB of archives. After unpacking 549kB

Bug#590226: linux-tools-2.6: uninstallable

2010-07-25 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2010-07-25 at 09:27 +0300, Török Edwin wrote: [...] Why does linux-tools-2.6 require a specific version of binutils? It uses libbfd. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed

Re: Bug#590226: linux-tools-2.6: uninstallable

2010-07-25 Thread Bastian Blank
On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 01:12:42PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Sun, 2010-07-25 at 09:27 +0300, Török Edwin wrote: [...] Why does linux-tools-2.6 require a specific version of binutils? It uses libbfd. Okay, so linux-2.6 is now part of a much larger bunch of tightly coupled packages.

Re: Bug#590226: linux-tools-2.6: uninstallable

2010-07-25 Thread Julien Cristau
On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 15:16:50 +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 01:12:42PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Sun, 2010-07-25 at 09:27 +0300, Török Edwin wrote: [...] Why does linux-tools-2.6 require a specific version of binutils? It uses libbfd. Okay, so linux-2.6

Re: Bug#590226: linux-tools-2.6: uninstallable

2010-07-25 Thread Bastian Blank
On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 03:30:42PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: Would it be possible to link it against libbfd.a instead? I would just merge it into linux-kbuild-2.6, the only package building userspace binaries. Bastian -- Conquest is easy. Control is not. -- Kirk, Mirror,

Re: Bug#590226: linux-tools-2.6: uninstallable

2010-07-25 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2010-07-25 at 15:30 +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 15:16:50 +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 01:12:42PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Sun, 2010-07-25 at 09:27 +0300, Török Edwin wrote: [...] Why does linux-tools-2.6 require a