Michael Tautschnig writes: > > Assume we do build the default gcc depending on a libppl0, now the > > libppl soname is changed to libppl1, a new ppl source is uploaded, and > > suddendly libppl0 isn't available anymore. And we still need to > > rebuild gcc using gcc. Making the ppl source versioned (pplX), we > > still have the old libppl0 in the archive, and can rebuild gcc, then > > remove the old pplX source and binary packages only built from the old > > source. Please consider this for the next version bump. > > > > Does gcc indeed build-depend on libpplX/libppl-cX? If this is not the case, > all > that must be taken care of is transitions to testing, if I'm not mistaken. Or > am > I getting something wrong?
yes. while you may have the old libppl0 still installed in the archive, a buildd cannot find it anymore in the archive, if it is not installed anymore in the buildd chroot. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]