Bug#304368: [Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#304368: octave2.9 depends on obsolete version of atlas

[Rafael Laboissiere]

* James R. Phillips <james_r_phillips at yahoo.com> [2005-04-12 10:48]:

> Package: octave2.9
> Version: 2.9.1-1
> 
> Apt refuses to install octave2.9 on my system without also installing
> atlas2-base, which is obsolete.  "apt-cache show octave2.9" produces an
> explicit dependency on atlas3-base, which I have installed already.
> Any dependency on atlas2-base must be implicit, and (I have concluded)
> is unlikely to be intended.  I suggest removing atlas2-base from the
> system on which the package is built, and solving whatever build
> problems come up, thereby producing a package without this dependency.

I cannot reproduce this problem in my etch chroot with atlas2-base
removed.  When I try to install octave2.9_2.9.2-2 from experimental,
atlas2-base is not automatically installed.

Could you please confirm this in your system with version 2.9.2-2?

-- 
Rafael