[DRE-maint] Bug#1027710: libruby3.0: drop Provides: ruby-dbm (now provided separately)

Antonio Terceiro terceiro at debian.org
Mon Jan 2 18:20:07 GMT 2023


Control: reassign -1 dhelp
Control: retitle -1 dhelp: dependency on ruby-dbm satisfied by (obsolete) libruby3.0

On Mon, Jan 02, 2023 at 11:28:54AM +0100, Drew Parsons wrote:
> Package: libruby3.0
> Version: 3.0.4-8
> Severity: normal
> 
> A new ruby-dbm package was recently created to resolve Bug#1027407
> (dhelp Depends: ruby-dbm)
> 
> But libruby3.0 still declares Provides: ruby-dbm (= 1.1.0)
> and so the new ruby-dbm 1.1.0-2 doesn't actually get installed by a
> standard upgrade.
> 
> I guess libruby3.0 should now drop Provides: ruby-dbm
> since it no longer provides dbm.

libruby3.0 won't be part of the release, and in fact I want to get it
removed RSN. Instead of dropping the provides from libruby3.0, I think
the correct fix for this is tighttening the dependency in dhelp instead.
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