On Sun, Nov 20, 2005 at 10:23:58AM +0000, Joerg Sommer wrote: > Hi, > > I've got a bug report (#336527) my package bootchart-view do not work > with j2re1.3. But j2re1.3 is not in Debian. Can I set a conflict upon a > packages that is not in Debian? But if it do not work with j2re1.3 it > should more than ever not work with older version. But I would assume > older version have different packages names. So I must add a list of > packages names (j2re1.3 j2re1.2 j2re1.1), because I can not use the > version clause (j2re1.3 (<< 1.3)). So what should I do?
Dont use a Conflicts: as this would deinstall j2re1.3 from the system. The correct solution would be to check the version in your binary and fail if the java version is too old. BTW: the Debian Java Maintainers group is thinking about a more general solution of this problem. Cheers, Michael -- Escape the Java Trap with GNU Classpath! http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/java-trap.html Join the community at http://planet.classpath.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
