Bug#757855: libwx-perl: embeds exact wxWidgets version, needs stricter dependencies

[Niko Tyni]

(fixed the subject to try and keep this in #757855. 
 Bug clones always cause some confusion...)

On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 04:30:17PM +0200, gregor herrmann wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Aug 2014 23:23:29 +0200, gregor herrmann wrote:
> 
> > It works with overriding dh_gencontrol, cf. the attached quick patch,
> > which leads to:
> > 
> >  Depends: perl (>= 5.18.2-7), perlapi-5.18.2, libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libwxbase3.0-0 (>= 3.0.1-2), libwxgtk-media3.0-0 (>= 3.0.1-2), libwxgtk3.0-0 (>= 3.0.1-2), libwxgtk3.0-0 (<< 3.0.2~), libwxgtk-media3.0-0 (<< 3.0.2~), libwxbase3.0-0 (<< 3.0.2~), libalien-wxwidgets-perl (>= 0.65+dfsg~)
> 
> Thinking about it again, this doesn't look right, since the versions
> skew is against libalien-wxwidgets-perl. And tightening the depends
> on that seems tricky because of the recurring binNMUs ...

Yeah. I think it could work: if libwx-perl and libalien-wxwidgets-perl
have strict version requirements about wxwidgets, that should guarantee
that they match each other. However, I do like the Provides idea better.
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Niko Tyni   ntyni at debian.org