[Pkg-db-devel] Bug#460562: Bug#460562: Bug#460562: change of package name to "libdb-dev" makes it uninstallable

[Clint Adams]

On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 08:07:20PM +0000, Martin Guy wrote:
> Sorry, it's not as simple as that; it impacts on more than one other package.
> If you want to get everyone to use libdb4.6 instead of explicitly
> 4.[2345] (which would be a Good Thing, assuming 4.6 is

I certainly want that.

> backward-compatible with all the others), then I think you need to
> file bugs against all 66 other packages that call for specific
> versions (presumably because what they really meant was "at least
> version 4.N")

That is presumably not what they meant, but feel free to help out by adding to
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?users=pkg-db-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org;tag=oldbdb;dist=unstable