This one time, at band camp, Karl Chen said: > >>>>> On 2008-09-28 02:13 PDT, Stephen Gran writes: > > Stephen> This one time, at band camp, Karl Chen said: > >> Package: clamav-base Version: 0.94.dfsg-1 Severity: normal > >> > >> > >> I ran an "apt-get upgrade" (as opposed to "apt-get > >> dist-upgrade"); this upgraded clamav-base but not > >> clamav-daemon. This introduced the config item > >> ScanPartialMessages which older clamav-daemon doesn't > >> understand. I think a versioned dependency would fix this. > > Stephen> There already is a versioned dependency, but it goes > Stephen> the other way, from clamav-daemon to clamav-base. > Stephen> Introducing one from clamav-base to clamav-daemon > Stephen> would (besides being incorrect) make a circular > Stephen> dependency, which Debian has so far been trying to > Stephen> avoid. > > Good point. What about an version-equals dependency from > clamav-daemon to clamav-base?
I think this used to be the case, but was changed relatively recently to make it possible to binNMU clamav (this is when the release people schedule a rebuild of just the architecture dependant parts to ease a library transition, eg). I'll have to look back through the changelogs and so on to see if I can jog my memory. Ultimately, it may be more important to make it correct than to assist the release team, but it's something to bear in mind and not break lightly. Cheers, -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ,''`. Stephen Gran | | : :' : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | `. `' Debian user, admin, and developer | | `- http://www.debian.org | -----------------------------------------------------------------
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