Bug#964026: libelogind0: `Provides: libsystemd0` causes unrelated packages to fail to build (unmet dependencies)
Axel Beckert
abe at debian.org
Wed Jul 1 11:35:18 BST 2020
Hi,
Mark Hindley wrote:
> > > I am struggling to understand how libelogind0 came to be installed in the build
> > > in the first place. Can you help me understand that?
> >
> > No idea; apt's resolver is sometimes creative. Other examples include
> > [1], [2], [3].
> >
> > [1]: https://buildd.debian.org/status/logs.php?pkg=hplip&ver=3.20.6%2Bdfsg0-1&arch=amd64
> > [2]: https://buildd.debian.org/status/logs.php?pkg=gnome-applets&ver=3.37.2-1&arch=amd64
> > [3]: https://buildd.debian.org/status/logs.php?pkg=kopete&ver=4%3A20.04.1-1&arch=amd64
>
> Thanks. I have looked through these and, again, I can see no other regerences to
> either elogind or systemd that might explain this.
>
> However, all 4 examples you have given relate to builds for
> experimental.
Is it still the case that the buildds use aptitude for resolving
dependencies on experimental builds? Because aptitude might be even
more "creative" than apt in that regards.
Regards, Axel
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