On Tue, Dec 08, 2009 at 11:11:47PM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Package: edos-distcheck > Version: 1.4.2-5 > Severity: normal > > Hi, > > it looks like some installability issues are not caught and packages > don't end up in BD-Uninstallable state but are tried, and FTBFS. > > See for example: #559986, #560072 > > The java issue has been reported in #560093 > > As I said in my mail to -wb-t...@[1], it might be that edos is figuring > out a solution apt-get can't think of, but maybe edos is just failing to > analyze some dependencies and conflicts properly? > > 1. http://lists.debian.org/debian-wb-team/2009/12/msg00009.html
The most probable explanation is indeed that apt does not find a solution since it is incomplete (it does not try to install older versions of a package when a newer version is available). As long as apt is incomplete we may always have false positives of this kind. Anyway, I'll have a look. For that, edos-builddebcheck should have an option to display the solution in case installability is reported (I'll open a wishlist bug for that). Cheers -Ralf. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
