Bug#687694: Close?

[Niels Thykier]

On 2013-09-08 01:35, gregor herrmann wrote:
> On Sat, 07 Sep 2013 23:44:12 +0200, Emmanuel Bourg wrote:
> 
>> Is this the right syntax for the break clause:
>>
>> Breaks: jakarta-jmeter (<< 2.8-1),
>>         jenkins-instance-identity (<< 1.3-1),
>>         jglobus (<< 2.0.6-1),
>>         libitext-java (<< 2.1.7-6),
>>         libpdfbox-java (<< 1:1.8.2+dfsg-1),
>>         voms-api-java (<< 2.0.9-1.1)
>>
>> I listed only the package that were confirmed to break and required and
>> modification. I'm not sure about versions, should I use (<< X) where X
>> is the first version supporting Bouncy Castle >= 1.47, or should I use
>> (<= Y) where Y is the last version in testing compatible with Bouncy
>> Castle 1.44?
> 
> The former, i.e. "<< X"; it should break everything less than the first
> fixed version of those packages, since there are broken (pun
> intended).
> 
> Cheers,
> gregor
> 

Actually, (being a bit pedantic) you should use "<< X~", so backports
cannot satisfy the relation either.  In this given case, I don't think
it will make a difference, but I believe it is a good habit to have.

~Niels