Bug#710890: libfftw3-3 transitional package also has to depend on libfftw3-long3

[Julian Taylor]

On 03.06.2013 19:07, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 03, 2013 at 06:58:10PM +0200, Julian Taylor wrote:
>> On 03.06.2013 11:34, Adrian Bunk wrote:
>>> Package: libfftw3-3
>>> Version: 3.3.3-5
>>> Severity: serious
>>>
>>> libfftw3-3 in stable also contains the libfftw3l* libraries.
>>>
>>>
>>> Therefore an upgrade to the transitional package has to also pull
>>> in libfftw3-long3.
>>>
>>
>> There is no package depending on the long libraries, so it should not be
>> needed.
>> It could cause issues with packages not in the archive.
> 
> Or for people using it locally with non-packaged software.
> 
>> Do you have a case where it causes a problem?
> 
> No, but it is wrong and people might run into this bug when jessie 
> becomes the new stable around the year 2016.
> 
> This is a better-safe-than-sorry situation, just like it is common 
> practice that when a program was split out into a new package there
> is a dependency (not only Suggests or Recommends) on the new package
> in the next stable release of Debian.
> 

makes sense, I'll fix it in the next upload.