[Pkg-openssl-devel] Bug#863367: Bug#863367: libecryptfs-dev: unable to install because of unmet dependency

[Kurt Roeckx]

On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 04:00:58PM +0200, David Kalnischkies wrote:
> Control: reassign -1 libssl-dev 1.1.0e-2
> Control: retitle -1 libssl-dev: declare conflict with libssl1.0-dev to help apt find solutions
[...]
> Not being installable is the problem of the package which isn't
> installable – even if that is due to bugs in a package manager!

So why does this bug get assigned to libssl-dev then and not to
libecryptfs-dev, with maybe a wishlist bug against libssl-dev (and
apt)?

In general, I disagree that we should declare a conflict at both
sides of the conflict and that the package manager should be able
to deal with a conflict on just one side. It's not a conflict that
involves version numbers.

However, if everybody agrees that this is the best solution for
the next release, I will need permission from the release team
to make such a change.


Kurt