[Pkg-db-devel] Bug#460562: change of package name to "libdb-dev" makes it uninstallable

[Martin Guy]

Package: db
Version: 4.6.21-5

Hi!
   I'm trying to satisfy the build dependencies of subversion in sid,
but cannot because

- subversion build-depends on libdb4.4-dev and libaprutil1-dev
- libaprutil1-dev depends on libdb-dev
- libdb4.4-dev provides and conflicts with libdb-dev

This seems to be caused by the change from binary package libdb4.X-dev
providing libdb-dev to
(in 4.6) package libdb-dev providing libdb4.6-dev.

Is there a good reason not to continue the scheme used in libdb4.[12345] ?