Bug#706110: libgnome{, vfs}2-common: fails to upgrade from squeeze: prerm failure: gconf-schemas: not found

[Julien Cristau]

On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 15:05:47 +0200, Michael Biebl wrote:

> All packages shipping gconf schemas have a Depends on gconf2. It is
> generated via dh_gconf which adds "gconf2 (>= 2.28.1-2)" to misc:Depends.
> 
> This version is already satisfied by gconf2 from squeeze. We could bump
> that and binNMU the rdeps. But then we'd have some arch:all rdeps (which
> would need sourceful uploads) and I'm actually not sure if a more
> tightened Depends actually ensures that the new gconf2 is unpacked
> before its rdeps. Does anyone know?
> 
No way are we touching heaps of packages at this point.  Either there's
an isolated fix in one package, or this issue gets a wheezy-ignore.

Cheers,
Julien
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