[Pkg-puppet-devel] Bug#906260: libleatherman1.4.0 not installable (by default) in Debian unstable/sid

[Michael Prokop]

Package: libleatherman1.4.0
Version: 1.4.0+dfsg-1+b1
Severity: important

Hi,

facter is not installable by-default[1] in current Debian/sid,
caused by one of its dependency (facter -> libfacter3.11.0 ->
libleatherman1.4.0 -> libleatherman-data):

| libleatherman1.4.0 : Depends libleatherman-data (= 1.4.0+dfsg-1) but 1.4.2+dfsg-1 is to be installed

JFTR, facter can be installed in testing currently because there's
libleatherman-data 1.4.0+dfsg-1 available.

[1] By default, because interestingly there are *two* versions of
libleatherman-data available in unstable right now (also verified
via `ssh coccia.debian.org dak ls libleatherman-data`):

  % rmadison libleatherman-data
  libleatherman-data | 1.4.0+dfsg-1~bpo9+1 | stretch-backports | all
  libleatherman-data | 1.4.0+dfsg-1        | testing           | all
  libleatherman-data | 1.4.0+dfsg-1        | unstable          | all
  libleatherman-data | 1.4.2+dfsg-1        | unstable          | all

So when explicitly asking for libleatherman-data=1.4.2+dfsg-1,
installation of facter works as a workaround.

IMO this qualifies as an RC bug, but leaving this to the
maintainers, especially since this also might be a bug on
dak/repository side (leftover from transition?) and we might have to
file an RM bug against ftp.debian.org?

regards,
-mika-