[request-tracker-maintainers] Bug#693226: Bug#693226: request-tracker4 not installed because of a dependency-error

[Ignacio Vazquez]

Yeah, it did the trick.
I installed first liburi-perl from the stable repo (1.54-2) and then
"aptitude -t squeeze-backports install request-tracker4" worked like a
charm.
However, I have other related question and I'd be very glad if you
could answer it:
I've downloaded rt-4.0.7.tar.gz from bestpractical and I've been
taking a look at sbin/rt-test-dependencies and I wonder that debian RT
was compiled with:
    with-DASHBOARDS => 0 (it needs liburi-perl >= 1.59 and we have
1.54 from the stable repo)
    with-SSL-MAILGATE => 0 (it needs libwww-perl >= 6.0 and we have
5.836-1 from the stable repo and there is no backport).

Am I right?
You talked about a "complex migration in libwww-perl"; Is it expected
an early migration to v6.0 that permits too a liburi update? (and then
all RT compilation option dependencies will be satisfied).

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Best regards,
Ignacio

2012/11/14 Dominic Hargreaves <dom at earth.li>:
> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 01:52:57PM +0100, Ignacio Vazquez wrote:
>> it's not possible to install request-tracker4 on Debian Squeeze using
>> the backported version (4.0.7-2~bpo60+1) because of a dependency error
>> related to libplack-perl and liburi-perl.
>>
>> Relevant data:
>> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>>   libplack-perl: Depends: liburi-perl (< 1.57) but 1.60-1~bpo60+1 is
>> to be installed.
>
> It is true that libplack-perl from backports is not coinstallable
> with liburi-perl from backports; this is an unfortunate consequence
> of a complex migration in libwww-perl which has meant that I haven't
> managed to maintain update libplack-perl to 0.9988-1 in bpo.
>
> What happens if you try installing liburi-perl from squeeze first,
> then rerun your aptitude command? It shouldn't be necessary to use
> the bpo version of liburi-perl, but it might be being selected even
> though not strictly required by the dependencies.
>
> Dominic.
>
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