[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#694362: Bug#694362: libvirt0: Please resolve conflict with libnetcf1

[Guido Günther]

Dear netcf maintainers,
On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 01:43:08PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Package: libvirt0
> Version: 0.9.12-5
> Severity: normal
> 
> Referencing Bug#688167#29[1] a new libnetcf1 was uploaded to Sid
> containing a "Conflicts: libvirt0 (<= 0.10.1-2~)".  Al Stone did this
> on 2012-11-18.  (Was this intended to target Experimental rathar than
> Sid?)
> 
> Since that libnetcf1 upload users must "hold" libnetcf1 at the
> previous version or risk the Conflict removing the current libvirt0
> and dependent packages (and taking down their VMs) from the system.
> 
>     The following packages will be REMOVED:
>       libvirt-bin libvirt0 python-libvirt virt-manager virt-top
>       virt-viewer virtinst
>     The following NEW packages will be installed:
>       libnl-route-3-200
>     The following packages will be upgraded:
>       libnetcf1 netcf
>     2 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 7 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> 
> For others looking at this problem, holding libnetcf1 works around
> this conflict but is not a long term solution.
> 
>   # apt-mark hold libnetcf1

Did you come to any decision whether to revert netcf in sid?
Cheers,
 -- Guido

> 
> Since this upload appears to have been coordinated but hasn't
> completed yet it would be great if there were a status update as to
> the transition status.  Information would go a long way to calming the
> natives. :-)
> 
> Thanks for maintaining these packages in Debian.


> 
> Bob
> 
> [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=688167#29
> 
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