state of jed-extra
G. Milde
g.milde at web.de
Thu Jun 8 09:24:46 UTC 2006
Dear Jörg and jed packagers,
On 7.06.06, Jörg Sommer wrote:
> G. Milde schrieb am Wed 07. Jun, 17:01 (+0200):
> > On 6.06.06, Jörg Sommer wrote:
> > > G. Milde schrieb am Tue 06. Jun, 13:38 (+0200):
> > > > On 4.06.06, Jörg Sommer wrote:
> > > > > G. Milde schrieb am Wed 31. May, 16:00 (+0200):
> > > > > > * updating jed-common, jed, xjed, and jed-extra in one run failed:
> > > > > Did dpkg fail?
> > > > Yes.
> > Testing in a chroot environment (base installation) with jed/experimental
> > and jed-extra_2.1.3:
> >
> > * # which sh
> > /bin/sh
> >
> > # ls -l /bin/sh
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Nov 18 2005 /bin/sh -> bash
> >
> > # /bin/sh -c 'false || true'; echo $?
> > 0
>
> I don't understand why dpkg fails for you. Can you reproduce it?
Yes, I reproduced it. However, after changing the Conflict rule in
jed/debian/control, it works.
> > * install of the new version with dpkg:
>
> Wrong way! dpkg does not resolve dependencies. Use apt!
Testing should be done with the worst case in mind. While dpkg doesnot
resolve dependencies automagically,
* it should refuse to install a package with unmet dependencies
* it should cleanly install a set of interdependent packages given at
the command line
* it is still the tool of choice for installing individually downloaded
packages
(I prefer to download jed packages from experimental over adding
"experimental" to the sources.list -- otherwise my "vintage" system
would have a hard time coping with the huge database.)
I am not sure, whether moving the
Conflicts: jed-extra (<= 1.0-1)
from jed-common to jed and xjed is "the right way" and I would prefer
to know exactly what is going on, however
* it works (at least for me)
* jed-common 0.99.18 can actually happily coexist with jed-extra <= 1.0-1
As long as there is no jed or xjed installed, both of them will be
largely useless but not broken.
* OTOH, jed 0.99.18 and xjed 0.99.18 use SLang 2, which breaks some
of the modes in jed-extra 1.0-1.
Günter
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