[Pkg-crosswire-devel] Libsword from PPA

[Jonathan Marsden]

dmitrij.ledkov at gmail.com wrote:

> Is it just my pbuilder????

>> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libsword7:
>> libsword7 depends on libsword7 (>= 1.5.11-1); however:
>>  Version of libsword7 on system is 1.5.11-1~bzr10~intrepid1.
>> dpkg: error processing libsword7 (--install):

No, it is not your pbuilder, it is your changelog version number.

The issue is that libsword7 defines itself as needing (>= 1.5.11-1), but
your changelog (and so package) version is 1.5.11-1~something, and ~ is
defined to mean "a bit less than the number before the ~".

I suspect the fix is to make libsword7 declare itself to need
(>=1.5.11), but I am not a library packaging expert at all.

So, my suggested fix is to edit the line in debian/rules to say

DEB_DH_MAKESHLIBS_ARGS_libsword7 := -V"libsword7 (>= 1.5.11)"

But I'd feel much more confident of that fix being correct, if someone
else can confirm that this is an OK think to do.  Daniel, advice, please?

Jonathan