Am 17.09.2017 um 20:12 schrieb Helmut Grohne: > Hi Michael, > > On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 07:18:08PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: >> Given that python-all-dev already depends on libpython-all-dev, >> shouldn't python-all-dev ensure to pull in the correct version? > > Yes, python-all-dev depends on libpython-all-dev, but we want the build > architecture python-all-dev and the host architecture libpython-all-dev. > Thus the dependency doesn't get us the correct version. Note the ":any". > > Yes, this is weired. No, I don't understand why we didn't make > dependencies on python-all-dev just work (by swapping python-all-dev and > libpython-all-dev and reversing the dependency). >
I still don't understand why python-all-dev allows the combination with libpython-all-dev which apparently results in a non-working python installation and why working around that in individual packages by specifying additional build depends is the correct way to go. -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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