On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 12:40:15PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 1.8.0~beta1 > Severity: normal > > Package debian-policy has: > > Recommends: libjs-sphinxdoc (<< 1.7.9.0~), libjs-sphinxdoc (>= 1.7.9) > > but apt-get will upgrade libjs-sphinxdoc to a version that no longer > satisfies this dependency, without any warning: > > $ apt-get install -s libjs-sphinxdoc > NOTE: This is only a simulation! > apt-get needs root privileges for real execution. > Keep also in mind that locking is deactivated, > so don't depend on the relevance to the real current situation! > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > The following packages will be upgraded: > libjs-sphinxdoc > 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 86 not upgraded. > Inst libjs-sphinxdoc [1.7.9-1] (1.8.3-2 Debian:unstable [all]) > Conf libjs-sphinxdoc (1.8.3-2 Debian:unstable [all]) > > Ditto with apt.
It will however, not upgrade it as part of an upgrade or dist-upgrade. -- debian developer - deb.li/jak | jak-linux.org - free software dev ubuntu core developer i speak de, en