On Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 10:21:49PM -0800, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 07:13:01AM +0100, Mike Hommey wrote:
> > On Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 02:51:46PM -0800, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL 
> > PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 10:28:01PM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> > > > Package: libxul-dev
> > > > Version: 1.8.0.1-2
> > > > Severity: serious
> 
> > > > The file /usr/lib/libxpcom.so can also be found in mozilla-browser. 
> > > > Though there are dependencies on packages that already conflict with 
> > > > it, 
> > > > there should also be an explicit conflict in libxul-dev.
> 
> > > Shouldn't a Replaces: be sufficient here?
> 
> > If libxul-dev was compatible with mozilla-browser, it would.
> 
> Presumably, "libxpcom.so" is just a symlink, so shouldn't be a major cause
> of compatibility problems...?
> 
> I dunno.  Jordi has mentioned on IRC that there are other file conflicts,
> and that the libs probably are not ABI compatible?

That's what I meant, they are not ABI compatible. mozilla-browser
provides gecko 1.7, xulrunner gecko 1.8. They are incompatible.

mozilla-browser is dead anyway, maybe it should just be removed.

Mike


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