On Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 07:53:00PM -0700, Marc Singer wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 10:22:29PM -0400, Patricio Rojo wrote:
> > Package: buici-clock
> > Version: 0.4.5+b1
> > Severity: grave
> > Justification: renders package unusable

> > After last upgrade of the X system, buici-clock got removed. When trying 
> > to reinstall it, I get the following message...

> > The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> >   buici-clock: Depends: libice6 but it is not going to be installed
> >                Depends: libsm6 but it is not going to be installed
> >                Depends: libx11-6 but it is not going to be installed
> >                Depends: libxext6 but it is not going to be installed

> ACK.  I'll take a look.

The problem is that buici-clock installs to /usr/X11R6/bin, which is going
away.  This was always a bug in buici-clock, according to policy 11.8.7:

     Packages using the X Window System should not be configured to install
     files under the `/usr/X11R6/' directory unless they use `imake'.  The
     `/usr/X11R6/' directory hierarchy should be regarded as deprecated for
     all packages except the X Window System itself, and those which use
     the `imake' program it provides, in which case the packages may
     transition out of the `/usr/X11R6/' directory at the maintainer's
     discretion.[1]

But now it's a release-critical bug.  See
<http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/04/msg00010.html>.

It looks like this is a one-line fix to debian/rules.

Thanks,
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