[DRE-maint] Bug#479502: libcommandline-ruby1.8 and open4.rb

[Roberto C. Sánchez]

On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 04:52:13PM +0200, Daniel Leidert wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Esteban Manchado Velázquez wrote:
> 
> >     I don't understand. The new libcommandline-ruby1.8 *doesn't* include
> > open4.rb anymore, it *depends* on libopen4-ruby now:
> >
> >     http://packages.debian.org/sid/all/libcommandline-ruby1.8/filelist
> >     http://packages.debian.org/sid/libcommandline-ruby1.8
> 
> That's one side of the problem, that you solved.
> 
> > If you just upgrade everything, you should get the new
> > libcommandline-ruby1.8, which doesn't include open4.rb, and everything
> > should work, right?
> >
> > Do you have the new libcommandline-ruby1.8 installed?
> 
> No I did not update it first, because it was hold back and I manually installed
> libopen4-ruby1.8 first (to examine, which packages are hold back for Perl 5.10
> transition). So I did run into the problem, because libopen4-ruby1.8 missed to
> declare the open4.rb replacement accordingly to section 7.5(.1) of the Debian
> policy.
> 
> Package: libopen4-ruby1.8
> [..]
> Replaces: libcommandline-ruby1.8 (<< 0.7.10-10)
> 
> should solve this finally.
> 
Is a replaces really the right relationship?  In reality, libopen4-ruby
does not completely supersed libcommandline-ruby.  Perhaps a conflicts
would be more appropriate?

Conflicts: libcommandline-ruby1.8 (<< 0.7.10-10)

Regards,

-Roberto

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Roberto C. Sánchez
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