[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#979551: Bug#979551: Bug#979551: node-babel7: update-alternatives set up fails

[Pirate Praveen]

On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 12:06 pm, Jonas Smedegaard <jonas at jones.dk> 
wrote:
> Quoting Pirate Praveen (2021-01-08 11:55:14)
>> 
>> 
>>  On 2021, ജനുവരി 8 1:16:36 PM IST, Paolo Greppi 
>> <paolo.greppi at libpf.com> wrote:
>>  >BTW, why is node-babel7 a run-time dependency of yarnpkg ?
>>  >Should it not just be a build-dep ?
>>  >
>> 
>>  It needs @babel/runtime which is currently part of node-babel7. I 
>> think yadd already uploaded a version of node-babel7 with separate 
>> node-babel7-runtime binary package. But it has not cleared NEW yet.
> 
> You need not wait for NEW clearance to depend explicitly on required
> packages - you need only have the required packages available as 
> virtual
> packages.
> 

Yes, but changing dependency alone will not solve this issue. When it 
clears NEW and dependency is updated, this bug will be fixed for 
yarnpkg, but node-babel7 will still be affected.