Bug#822277: gdk-pixbuf is not binNMU safe and becomes uninstallable on every package update

[Michael Biebl]

Am 23.04.2016 um 01:10 schrieb Matthias Klose:
> Control: reopen -1
> 
> On 23.04.2016 01:07, Michael Biebl wrote:
>> Am 23.04.2016 um 01:02 schrieb Matthias Klose:
>>> On 23.04.2016 00:50, Michael Biebl wrote:
>>>> Am 23.04.2016 um 00:09 schrieb Matthias Klose:
>>>>> Package: src:gdk-pixbuf
>>>>> Version: 2.34.0-1
>>>>> Severity: important
>>>>>
>>>>> $ apt-cache show libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0|grep Depends
>>>>> Depends: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-common (= 2.34.0-1)
>>>>>
>>>>> In this form the package cannot be binNMUed
>>>>
>>>> Sure it can.
>>>> Using = ${source:Version} between a arch: any to arch: all package is
>>>> totally safe.
>>>
>>> but this shows up every time as uninstallability when the gdk-pixbuf is
>>> not yet built on some archs, and I'm trying to build either gcc or
>>> openjdk.
>>
>> So what? That just means the dependencies work as intended. We don't
>> want any version skew. Once the buildds have picked up, your package
>> will build just fine.
> 
> well, you're artificially delaying archive builds. 

We aren't. And it's really a non-issue. It's not like gdk-pixbuf is
uploaded every other day or takes days to build. So the most delay you
will get is about 6 hours.


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