Bug#304368: [Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#304368: octave2.9 depends on
obsolete version of atlas
Rafael Laboissiere
rafael at debian.org
Sat Oct 22 18:27:40 UTC 2005
* James R. Phillips <james_r_phillips at yahoo.com> [2005-04-12 10:48]:
> Package: octave2.9
> Version: 2.9.1-1
>
> Apt refuses to install octave2.9 on my system without also installing
> atlas2-base, which is obsolete. "apt-cache show octave2.9" produces an
> explicit dependency on atlas3-base, which I have installed already.
> Any dependency on atlas2-base must be implicit, and (I have concluded)
> is unlikely to be intended. I suggest removing atlas2-base from the
> system on which the package is built, and solving whatever build
> problems come up, thereby producing a package without this dependency.
I cannot reproduce this problem in my etch chroot with atlas2-base
removed. When I try to install octave2.9_2.9.2-2 from experimental,
atlas2-base is not automatically installed.
Could you please confirm this in your system with version 2.9.2-2?
--
Rafael
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