Bug#580173: xulrunner-1.9.2: libmozjs3d dependency not tight enough

[Mike Hommey]

On Mon, May 03, 2010 at 10:34:23PM -0400, Will Dyson wrote:
> Package: xulrunner-1.9.2
> Version: 1.9.2.4~build2-1
> Severity: normal
> Tags: experimental
> 
> xulrunner-1.9.2.4~build2-1 declares a dependency against libmozjs3d >=
> 1.9.2.2. However, it crashes with 1.9.2.3-2 installed. 1.9.2.4~build2-1
> is required not to crash.
> 
> Perhaps this is not a big deal, since only upgraders from previous
> experimental versions will be affected. But in general, I believe
> xulrunner should require an exact version match with libmozjs.

There is a double problem here. I agree xulrunner should depend on the
exact version of libmozjs at least, but an older libmozjs shouldn't
break a newer xulrunner with no ABI change, because that means there
could also be trouble for others packages using libmozjs, so the root
cause still needs to be known accurately.

Cheers

Mike