[Pkg-puppet-devel] Bug#1129967: puppetserver has unmet dependencies

[Paul Gevers]

Hi,

On Fri, 06 Mar 2026 21:52:48 +0200 Adrian Bunk <bunk at debian.org> wrote:
> Package: puppetserver
> Version: 8.7.0-6
> Severity: serious
> 
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  puppetserver : Depends: ruby-locale (< 2.1.4.) but 2.1.5-1 is to be installed
>                 Depends: ruby-concurrent (< 1.3.5.) but 1.3.6-1 is to be installed

I'm seeing a reoccurring pattern:

puppetserver (8.7.0-4) unstable; urgency=medium

   * Rebuild for new version of ruby-concurrent (Closes: #1100569)

puppetserver (8.7.0-3) unstable; urgency=medium

   * Rebuild for new version of ruby-concurrent (Closes: #1092567)

puppetserver (8.4.0-7) unstable; urgency=medium

   * Rebuild for ruby-puppetserver-ca-cli update.

puppetserver (8.4.0-4) unstable; urgency=medium

   * Rebuild for ruby-gettext update (Closes: #1077156)


It seems to me that these upper limit Depends are generated during 
building. Are they really useful or just a safeguard? In the latter 
case, I wonder if the solution isn't worse than the problem, 
particularly if the package has significant autopkgtests. Our 
infrastructure will spot breakage and prevent migration. It seems like 
this upper limit now is causing artificial breakage.

Paul
PS: please CC me if you want me to see responses.

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