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

[Christian Marillat]

"Steve M. Robbins" <steve at sumost.ca> writes:

> On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 06:59:29PM +0100, Christian Marillat wrote:
>> "Steve M. Robbins" <steve at sumost.ca> writes:
>> 
>> [...]
>> 
>> > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 12:22:01PM +0200, Christian Marillat wrote:
>> 
>> [...]
>> 
>> > 	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.
>> 
>> This package depends on the following python version :
>> 
>> python (>= 2.4)
>> python (>= 2.5)
>> python (<< 2.6)
>
> I showed the output of apt-cache on my machine, which differs from
> what you claim.  Where are you getting this information from?