On Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 05:09:21PM +0200, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > hi, > Trying to install mediatomb on wheezy, I got: > > serious bugs of mediatomb (-> 0.12.1-4) <marked as done in some version> > #677959 - mediatomb: fails to build against current version of > libavformat (Fixed: mediatomb/0.12.1-5) > > I have several question about this error:
What does the bug report say about #677959? http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=677959 > 1/ what means "fixed mediatomb/0.12.1-5" ? The bug no longer exists in version 0.12.1-5 [bug triaging snipped] > NB: after that, I downloaded the source, and built it succesfully !! > (still version 0.12.1-4) So *you* couldn't reproduce it, doesn't mean bug doesn't exist for someone. (e.g. did you use same libavformat source as bug submitter?) > So, I still don't understand why "apt-get install" fails. FTBFS, etc are source package errors have nothing to do with "apt-get install" failing. Humans still need to read the output of apt-listbugs and decide for themselves whether that bug will affect them. > 4/ more generally, I had recently a lot of such apt-listbugs errors when > trying to install packages. This seems surprizing for a distro > released about 6 monts ago. *Anyone* can submit a bug at *anytime*. Note: I have no knowledge of this bug, and have not read the bug report. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131007043956.GA10516@tal
