Bug#880921: libopencv-dev: removal of libopencv-dev makes files disappear from libhighgui-dev

[Andreas Beckmann]

On 11/08/2017 04:08 PM, Mattia Rizzolo wrote:
> libhighgui-dev has been removed altogether.  Therefore, I wonder if an
> acceptable solution would be to remove the version restriction in the
> Conflicts.
> Seemingly, I'd remove the version from the libcv-dev, libcvaux-dev
> Conflicts as well

Sounds like a sensible approach to get cruft deinstalled.

> (they are in the same situation, probably if you test
> them you will find the same bug).
> Are the other binaries that are affected by a similar situation?

Didn't see similar problems in other packages, but if the dependency
chain is not trivial, it may take more crafting to get a reproducible
buggy path ...

Andreas