Bug#741556: playonlinux: depend on python instead of python:all

[Alad Wenter]

Got it. Thanks for the swift reply.

Op 13-03-14 21:03, Vincent Cheng schreef:
> Control: tag -1 - patch
> (There doesn't seem to be a patch attached to the bug report...)
>
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 12:39 PM, Alad Wenter
> <the.changing.side at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Package: playonlinux
>> Version: 4.2.2-1
>> Severity: minor
>> Tags: patch
>>
>> Dear maintainer,
>>
>> The current version of playonlinux in wheezy is 4.1.1-1, but 4.2.2-1 from
>> testing/sid has no additional dependencies on testing/sid packages.
>>
>> However the dependency on python (>= 2.6.6-7~) was changed to python:any (>=
>> 2.6.6-7~), which results in a "Virtual package" conflict. Changing it back in
>> debian/control allows to install the package without upgrading libc6 et al.
>>
>> I couldn't find a mention on this in the changelog, hence the question.
> The python dependency is most likely automatically generated by
> dh_python2, so it's not a change made to playonlinux that caused this.
>
> The correct way of fixing this is to not install packages from
> testing/sid on wheezy, but to prepare a backport [1] of that package
> and ask for a sponsor on debian-backports and/or debian-mentors.
>
> Regards,
> Vincent
>
> [1] http://backports.debian.org/Contribute/
>

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