Bug#1099927: r-cran-testthat does not actually break other packages

[Paul Gevers]

Hi,

On Wed, 23 Apr 2025 12:23:10 +0100 "Rebecca N. Palmer" <rebecca_pal...@zoho.com> wrote:

Anything that involves partial removals also needs permission to ignore some arch:all packages (i.e. their reverse dependencies) becoming uninstallable on 32-bit architectures. (By default, arch:all packages are expected to be installable there, https://salsa.debian.org/release-team/britney2/-/blob/master/etc/britney_nobreakall.conf?ref_type=heads#L30

This (^) link is not the active configuration. This one is:
https://salsa.debian.org/release-team/britney2/-/blob/master/etc/britney.conf?ref_type=heads#L28

You can see how that works out in practice:
https://qa.debian.org/dose/debcheck/testing_main

Paul

PS: does everybody know that bug submitters and people that reply don't automatically get replies to the bug. (Just in case somebody expected me to see the follow-up).

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