On Mon, Jun 03, 2013 at 06:58:10PM +0200, Julian Taylor wrote:
> On 03.06.2013 11:34, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > Package: libfftw3-3
> > Version: 3.3.3-5
> > Severity: serious
> >
> > libfftw3-3 in stable also contains the libfftw3l* libraries.
> >
> >
> > Therefore an upgrade to the transitional package has to also pull
> > in libfftw3-long3.
> >
>
> There is no package depending on the long libraries, so it should not be
> needed.
> It could cause issues with packages not in the archive.
Or for people using it locally with non-packaged software.
> Do you have a case where it causes a problem?
No, but it is wrong and people might run into this bug when jessie
becomes the new stable around the year 2016.
This is a better-safe-than-sorry situation, just like it is common
practice that when a program was split out into a new package there
is a dependency (not only Suggests or Recommends) on the new package
in the next stable release of Debian.
cu
Adrian
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