Bug#672791: Strict internal dependencies make libavcodec53 uninstallable when updating to libav 0.9

[Jonas Smedegaard]

On 12-05-13 at 07:48pm, Reinhard Tartler wrote:
> the 'old' libavcodec53, which a lot of applications link against, 
> becomes uninstallable because of the strict internal dependencies:
> 
> Depends: libavutil51 (>= 4:0.8.1-0ubuntu1) | libavutil-extra-51 (>= 4:0.8.1), libavutil51 (<< 4:0.8.1-99) | libavutil-extra-51 (<< 4:0.8.1.99)
> 
> What can we do now about this:

e) Use symbols files to resolve dependencies based on actual symbols 
used.

I labelled this e) not d) as I suspect you _did_ think of this but don't 
like it (and/or I didn't understand how it is unsuitable here).


 - Jonas

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