Bug#932257: libdbd-oracle-perl: unsatisfiable dependencies

Hector Oron zumbi at debian.org
Wed Jul 17 14:58:20 BST 2019


Hello Alex,

Missatge de Alex Muntada <alexm at debian.org> del dia dc., 17 de jul.
2019 a les 2:13:

> > libdbd-oracle-perl depends on oracle-instantclient12.1-basic |
> > oracle-instantclient12.1-basiclite, which are not found in
> > buster|bullseye|unstable, causes the package to be unusable.

> There's a comment in d/copyright explaining why this package is
> in contrib:
>
> «The upstream Perl distribution is freely licensed by the
> copyright holders but depends on Oracle Instant Client software,
> that is not free. Therefore, it belongs to Debian contrib section
> according to DFSG.»
>
> Is there something that has recently changed that maybe I'm
> missing?

Where can I find those packages to close the dependency loop, checking
at non-free those do not seem to be available.

https://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&keywords=oracle-instantclient12.1-basic
https://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&keywords=oracle-instantclient12.1-basiclite

Regards
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