[DRE-maint] Bug#1000333: gem2deb: ignore or find a way to make <= constraint in gemspec work

[Antonio Terceiro]

Control: tag -1 + wontfix

On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 11:51:22PM +0530, Pirate Praveen wrote:
> Package: gem2deb
> Version: 1.7
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> should we really honor <= constraint in gemspecs? in ruby-google-fog
> upstream wants fog-core <= 2.1.0 it will never be satisfied in debian
> 
> because 2.1.0-1 >= 2.1.0 and we have 2.1.0-3.1 in archive
> 
> we could either ignore or may be detect the current version in the archive
> (it will require a rebuild if dependency change)

In cases like this, IMO the gemspec needs to be patched to drop such
dependency. Even if we did ignore it and didn't represent that with a
corresponding << constraint in debian/control, the dependency check will
still fail during the build unless the gemspec is patched.
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