Bug#695550: libjack-dev: does not automatically transition to libjack-jackd2-dev

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Hi,

Quoting The Wanderer (2012-12-10 02:25:21)
> When I attempt to dist-upgrade to current testing, apt wants to remove 
> libjack0 and install libjack-jackd2-0. This is fine; the latter 
> explicitly Provides: the same virtual package as the former, so 
> presumably this is part of an intended package transition.
> 
> As part of the same dist-upgrade, apt wants to remove libjack-dev, but 
> does not attempt to install libjack-jackd2-dev. This is not fine.
> 
> Please modify package dependencies so that a dist-upgrade on a system 
> where libjack-dev is installed will correctly transition to 
> libjack-jackd2-dev.

No, because this is not a transition, but two different APIs that 
(mostly) share same ABI.  Which means some packages works fine with 
either of the JACK libraries but some require the jackd2 one - which 
then pushes the other out, including the -dev package.


> Alternately, if this transition would in fact not be correct, please 
> explain to me what the correct procedure - even if a manual one - 
> would be.

If you want to develop JACK v1 then avoid installing packages that 
depend on the JACK v2 extensions to the ABI/API.


I believe there is no bug here - but am not sure, so please do not give 
up just yet :-)


Regards,

 - Jonas

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