On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 03:45:57PM +0200, Steffen Moeller wrote: > Gerrit Pape wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 01:31:56PM +0200, Steffen Moeller wrote: > >>> Hi, please see http://bugs.debian.org/503113 > >> I should have reopened that bug probably. With tk8.4 remaining unremovable > >> for > >> gitk, and r-core-dev depending on tk8.5, and me wanting to use the newer > >> version, I still suggest to somehow change the dependency. How about > >> tk(>=8.4)|tk8.5 ? > > > > Hmm, the report above suggest that you can remove tk8.4: > > > > On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 06:56:48PM +0200, Adeodato Sim? wrote: > >> Comments: > >> > >> * there is a "tk" pacakge, so "Depends: tk (>= 8.4)" would solve the > >> concerns in #456423 that one can't just have tk8.5 installed. > > > > Was that wrong advice? > > In my mind - yes. > > $ LANG=C sudo dpkg --purge tk8.4 tk > dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of tk: > gitk depends on tk (>= 8.4). > dpkg: error processing tk (--purge): > dependency problems - not removing > dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of tk8.4: > tk depends on tk8.4 (>= 8.4.16-2). > dpkg: error processing tk8.4 (--purge): > dependency problems - not removing > Errors were encountered while processing: > tk > tk8.4 > > You may argue that the problem is with the tk package, which should also allow > newer version of tk. For the moment it does not: > > $ apt-cache show tk | grep Depends > Depends: tcl (= 8.4.16-2), tk8.4 (>= 8.4.16-2) > > This is probably intentional, since it grants a guarantee for the availability > of a well-known version of tk. I personally find the explicit dependency on > tcl > wrong, though and would prefer for the tk package something like > > Depends: tk8.4 (>= 8.4.16-2) | tk8.5 (>= 8.5.7-1) > > I am CCing the tk maintainers mailing list, who have more of an oversight on > the issue than me. > > Cheers, >
This is intentional to ensure having _one_ reference version of tcl/tk. Packages should depend on that, if it is not strictly required a major version. Anyway, it is moving to 8.5 within the squeeze release cycle. -- Francesco P. Lovergine -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
