[DRE-maint] Bug#877274: ruby-psych: broken symlink: /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/psych.jar -> ../../../share/java/psych.jar

[Miguel Landaeta]

severity 877274 normal
thanks

On Sat, Sep 30, 2017 at 03:20:36AM +0200, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
> Package: ruby-psych
> Version: 2.2.4-6
> Severity: serious
> User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
> Usertags: piuparts
> 
> Hi,
> 
> during a test with piuparts I noticed your package ships (or creates)
> a broken symlink.

Hi,

This broken symlink is not a bug.

The symlink will only be relevant to users that use ruby-psych library
in combination with jruby.

jruby explicitly depends on ruby-psych and libpsych-java.

Most ruby users in Debian currently rely on MRI (ruby2.3 and/or ruby2.5),
so the Java extension psych.jar is of no use to them.

> 
> From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...):
> 
> 0m27.6s ERROR: FAIL: Broken symlinks:
>   /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/psych.jar -> ../../../share/java/psych.jar
> 
> Is ruby-psych missing a dependency on libpsych-java?

It's not a dependency, it's only a suggestion. That's why there is a
Suggests on libpsych-java instead of a hard dependency.

I'll close this bug later unless there is another concern I'm not
noticing right now, but as I said the broken symlink should not be a
problem.

Thanks,
Miguel.

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