Hi Breno On 07/26/2014 10:15 PM, Breno Leitao wrote: > On 07/24/2014 06:20 PM, Reto Buerki wrote: >> On 07/24/2014 10:21 PM, Breno Leitao wrote: >>> This is a bug that is impacting ppc64el bootstrap also. >>> >>> My recomendantion is to keep just a build-depend on gnat, unless you have >>> strict >>> dependency of version 4.6, which is not the case in 90% of the packages that >>> depends on version 4.6 >> >> Your recommendation violates the Debian policy for Ada, section 4, >> second rule. > That is right, sorry about it. Can you help me to understand how to proceed > then?
I will transition pcscada and all my other Ada packages to gnat-4.9 soon (when I finally find some time). > I understand that there are two cases here, for general packages that depends > on gnat. > > a) The package that depends on gnat version 4.6 specifically. > b) A package that depend on gnat, but not necessarily from version 4.6, it can > build and run on later gnat version, as 4.9. > > Based on these two cases, what is the case for pcscada? > > I understand that the a case should always depend on gnat-4.6, and if the > architecture doesn't contain that specific version, then the package will > never be > compiled for that architeceture. > > Also, how to handle the b case, if it is depending on version 4.6 right now? > They > should be upgraded to depend on a more recent version every time there is a > gnat > release? Not a GNAT release but a transition to a new compiler for a Debian release cycle. Jessie will be gnat-4.9, so all Ada packages need to be transitioned before the freeze. A good place to ask questions about Debian and Ada is [1]. Regards, - reto [1] - https://lists.debian.org/debian-ada/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
