Bug#820492: pbuilder: satisfydepends-classic can't install versioned build dependency from experimental

[Dmitry Smirnov]

On Sunday, 10 April 2016 11:17:52 PM AEST Thorsten Glaser wrote:
> Dmitry Smirnov dixit:
> >resolver not respecting proper versioning in Build-Depends. Only version
> >from experimental should satisfy versioned dependency yet resolver
> >ignores that.
> No, that’s wrong, only the version must be taken into account.

What's wrong? I'm talking exactly about versioning.


> Take this:
> 
> foo 1.2 in sid, 1.4 in experimental
> 
> B-D: foo ⇒ sid
> B-D: foo (>= 1.1~) ⇒ sid
> B-D: foo (>= 1.3~) ⇒ experimental

I don't understand what are you arguing with. I'm trying to say exactly the 
same thing...


> This is true for any and all resolvers.

I'm with you if you are describing what resolvers _should_ do. Unfortunately 
that's not what -classic resolver does.

-- 
All the best,
 Dmitry Smirnov.

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