Michael Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Package: libqt4-dev > Version: 4.3.3-2 > Severity: normal > > since there are currently security issues with a couple of the mysql > packages in sid, i would like to remove them. however, doing so would > remove libqt4-dev as well since there is a dependency on libqt4-sql > (which depends on the mysql packages). > > if the dependency on libqt4-sql were changed to a recommends, this > wouldn't be a problem. i am not familiar with the libqt4-dev package, > so i don't know what kind of effect that has. but it seems like the mysql > and qt4 development stuff are or should be separate/separable things.
If libqt4-sql were not installed, there would be a broken /usr/lib/libQtSql.so -> libQtSql.so.4.3.3 symlink in libqt4-dev. While that won't cause any major problems, broken symlinks generally aren't tolerated in packages. The symlink problem could be fixed by splitting out sql stuff into a separate libqt4-sql-dev package, but I'm not convinced that's worth the effort. -- Captain Logic is not steering this tugboat. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
