[pkg-boost-devel] Bug#550699: libboost-python1.40-dev: Bad python version dependency

[Steve M. Robbins]

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On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 12:22:01PM +0200, Christian Marillat wrote:
> Package: libboost-python1.40-dev
> Version: 1.40.0-2
> Severity: important
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Would be nice to fix the Depends field with python version :
> 
> For now we have :
> 
> python (<< 2.6)
> python (>= 2.4)
> python (>= 2.5)

What I see from apt-cache show libboost-python1.40-dev is:

Package: libboost-python1.40-dev
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 2956
Maintainer: Debian Boost Team <pkg-boost-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org>
Architecture: amd64
Source: boost1.40
Version: 1.40.0-2
Depends: libboost1.40-dev (= 1.40.0-2), 
	libboost-python1.40.0 (= 1.40.0-2), 
	python-dev, 
	python (<< 2.6), 
	python (>= 2.4), 
	python-support (>= 0.90.0), 
	python (>= 2.5) | python-celementtree | python-elementtree, 
	gccxml


> python (>= 2.5) should be replaced by python (>= 2.4)

I believe the extra "python (>= 2.5)" you are talking about is
actually part of

	python (>= 2.5) | python-celementtree | python-elementtree

Boost.Python depends on elementtree, and there are three ways to get
it: use python 2.5, or use one of the other two packages mentioned.

In summary: I believe the dependencies are specified correctly.
Let me know if I've missed something.

Thanks,
-Steve

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