Bug#678612: libbatik-java change led to uninstallables on kfreebsd
Niels Thykier
niels at thykier.net
Sat Jun 23 08:14:14 UTC 2012
Package: libbatik-java
Version: 1.7+dfsg-2
Severity: serious
On Jun 22, 2012 22:50 "Steven Chamberlain" <steven at pyro.eu.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
Hi,
> libbatik-java's dependencies were changed recently like so:
>
> > Package: libbatik-java
> > Architecture: all
> > -Depends: openjdk-6-jre-headless | java2-runtime-headless,
> > +Depends: openjdk-6-jre-headless | openjdk-7-jre-headless |
> > java7-runtime-headless,
>
> Unfortunately this seems to have made about 120 packages uninstallable
> in sid on kfreebsd-*.
>
I can see how that is less than optimal.
>
> [...]
>
> Or was this simply a mistake and should java2-runtime-headless still
> be in that list?
>
> Thanks,
> Regards,
I think the best solution is to split out the binaries from libbatik-java;
that should allow use to remove the JRE dependencies per Java Policy.
As for the JRE dependencies, I think the java2-runtime-headless might have
been a mistake (and should have been java6 + java7). I will check up on
that.
~Niels
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