[Pkg-dpdk-devel] Bug#921042: Bug#921042: dpdk-dev: dpdk 18.11-4 and dpdk-dev conflict

[Luca Boccassi]

On Thu, 2019-01-31 at 16:10 -0800, Nicolas S. Dade wrote:
> Package: dpdk-dev
> Version: 18.11-4~bpo9+1
> Severity: important
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> Installing the dpdk-dev-18.11-4~bpo9+1 is not possible. dpkg refuses,
> claiming dpdk-dev breaks dpdk 18.11-4. For example:
> 
> 
> # dpkg --install dpdk-dev_18.11-4~bpo9+1_amd64.deb 
> Selecting previously unselected package dpdk-dev. 
> dpkg: regarding dpdk-dev_18.11-4~bpo9+1_amd64.deb containing dpdk-
> dev: 
> dpdk-dev breaks dpdk (<< 18.11-4) 
>  dpdk (version 18.11-4~bpo9+1) is present and installed. 
> 
> dpkg: error processing archive dpdk-dev_18.11-4~bpo9+1_amd64.deb (
> --install): 
> installing dpdk-dev would break dpdk, and 
> deconfiguration is not permitted (--auto-deconfigure might help) 
> Errors were encountered while processing: 
> dpdk-dev_18.11-4~bpo9+1_amd64.deb
> 
> 
> The Replaces lines in the debian/control file for the dpdk and dpdk-
> dev
> sections look strange to me. Why would dpdk replace dpdk-dev?
> 
> However I am not able to work around this except by commenting out
> the Replaces and Breaks lines entirely.

This is due to 18.11-4~ working out as lower than 18.11-4, which I
should have thought about. Sorry about that, will be fixed in the next
upload.

-- 
Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi
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