Bug#689915: B-d on non-existent packages oracle-instantclient11.2-basic, oracle-instantclient11.2-devel

[gregor herrmann]

On Sun, 07 Oct 2012 18:10:11 +0100, Michael Tautschnig wrote:

> Package: libdbd-oracle-perl
> Version: 1.44-1
> Severity: serious
> Justification: FTBFS
> 
> The package (build-)depends on oracle-instantclient11.2-basic and
> oracle-instantclient11.2-devel. Neither of which are in Debian.

Correct, that's why the package is not in Debian (a.k.a. main) but in
contrib, and provides information on how to create those oracle-*
packages.

This seems to meet the definition in
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#s-contrib

Cheers,
gregor

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