Bug#535835: libdevel-nytprof-perl: FTBFS: libtest-simple-perl is a virtual package

Kurt Roeckx kurt at roeckx.be
Sun Jul 5 18:57:13 UTC 2009


On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 07:21:05PM +0200, gregor herrmann wrote:
> On Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:33:05 +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> 
> > > So if I see it corrctly, perl-modules should not stop "providing" 
> > > libtest-simple-perl. Thus my question, could the problem be related to
> > > how sbuild resolves the dependencies (since, cowbuilder/pbuilder seem
> > > to do it right?)
> > You could argue that sbuild does the wrong thing, 
> 
> Please note that this sbuild bug was discussed and finally fixed in
> July 2008: #395271
> (The discussion revolves around perl packages too, the patch is in
> fact from one of the perl maintainers.)

So I guess you'll have to wait until all arches switch to the new
sbuild it that case.  It's only in use on some arches.


Kurt






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