I'm in the process of backporting ohpone 1.3.7-2 to woody, but I'm running into a problem with cyclic dependencies in the debconf area:
oh-phone 1.3.7-2 (=sid) build-depends on libpt-dev (>=1.4.11-3) [source: pwlib]
pwlib 1.4.11-3 (=sid) build-depends on libdv2-dev [source: libdv]
libdv 0.99-2 (=sid/sarge) build-depends on debhelper (>= 4.1.1)
debhelper 4.1.45 (=sid/sarge) builds OK, then resulting .deb then
depends on debconf-utils (>= 1.1.1) [source: debconf]
debconf 1.2.35 (=sarge) build-depends on debhelper (>= 4.1.27)
So...
To backport libdv I need a newer version of debhelper.
To install the newer (backported) debhelper I need a newer version of debconf.
To backport the new version of debconf I need to install a newer debhelper...
[This is not an exhaustive list of problems; there may be other
problems ahead...]
Which makes me wonder: How did debconf/debhelper get into testing/sarge
in the first place? Somebody must have performed some magic that I
should be able to do too...
Or I have got my facts wrong? Is there another way?
Any ideas will be most welcome!
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Karl E. Jørgensen
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