+++ Olly Betts [2011-11-29 13:33 +0000]: > On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 11:34:05AM +0000, Wookey wrote: > > But what is the correct thing to do in the control file for this > > transition? set Build-Depends: to > > libpng15-dev | libpng12-dev > > libpng12-dev | libpng15-dev > > libpng-dev > > libpng-dev | libpng12-dev > > > > I assume the last one is best: libpng-dev is presumably generic and > > will avoid this issue in the future, but is only in experimental > > currently so we should fallback to the existing libpng12-dev in the > > meantime. right? > > The buildds will only ever take the *first* alternative to any build > dependency (and fail if that's not available), so practically speaking > you want to stick with libpng12-dev until the newer libpng hits > unstable.
OK, I had forgotten that. That's a bit dull. It'd have been nice to do a pre-emptive upload so this didn't break when libpng15 gets uploaded. Wookey -- Principal hats: Linaro, Emdebian, Wookware, Balloonboard, ARM http://wookware.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
