[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#1004419: nodejs:any prevents one to install nodejs package from official upstream "nodesource" repo

[Jérémy Lal]

Package: nodejs
Version: 12.22.7~dfsg-2
Severity: normal

Sometimes it's useful to be able to swap between nodejs debian package
and somewhat "official" https://deb.nodesource.com releases.

Now that packages depend on nodejs:any, it's no longer possible to do that,
at least not without uninstalling many node-* modules.

Also i don't understand why debian packages would need to depend on nodejs:any
instead of plain nodejs.

Jérémy



-- System Information:
Debian Release: bookworm/sid
  APT prefers stable-security
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'unstable'), (101, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 5.15.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.utf8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages nodejs depends on:
ii  libc6      2.33-5
ii  libnode72  12.22.7~dfsg-2

Versions of packages nodejs recommends:
ii  ca-certificates  20211016
ii  nodejs-doc       12.22.7~dfsg-2

Versions of packages nodejs suggests:
ii  npm  8.3.1~ds-1

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