[debhelper-devel] Bug#892586: debhelper cannot be upgraded to 1.11.5 with make-guile instead of make

[Guillem Jover]

Hi!

On Sun, 2018-03-11 at 04:34:56 +0100, Jose Antonio Ortega Ruiz wrote:
> Package: debhelper
> Version: 11.1.4
> Severity: important

> I've got make-guile, instead of make, installed in my system.
> debhelper 11.1.5 introduces a dependency on make, forcing me to
> uninstall make-guile, even though the latter provides the package name
> "make" to (it's just make built with support for guile).  Could this
> be an oversight?

This would be easily fixed by making make-guile use a versioned make
Provides instead. The other less optimal solution would be to hunt
down any package depending on make and add an alternative make-guile
dependency. Not reassigning, to let Niels decide what he'd prefer. :)

Thanks,
Guillem