[cl-debian] Bug#377459: installation of cl-asdf causes sbcl-common to be removed

[Peder Chr. Nørgaard]

On Tuesday 11 July 2006 11:36, Peter Van Eynde wrote:
> Alle Sunday 09 July 2006 09:35, Peder Chr. Nørgaard ha scritto:
> > Package: cl-asdf
> > Version: 1.99-2
> > Severity: important
> >
> > I try to upgrade to 1.99-2, apt-get says:
> >
> > % apt-get install cl-asdf
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > Building dependency tree... Done
> > The following packages will be REMOVED:
> >   sbcl-common
> > The following packages will be upgraded:
> >   cl-asdf
> >
> > That cannot possibly be the intention.  I think this is caused by the
> > line
>
> Actually it is, but apt-get is a little stupid. aptitude noticed that
> the new sbcl package now has a sbcl-doc and sbcl-source instead of
> the sbcl-common package and it suggested me to upgrade sbcl.
>
> I'm guessing the line
>
> apt-get install cl-asdf sbcl sbcl-doc
>
> would give the same effect.
>
> The reason the conflict is there is to move the asdf info file from
> the sbcl package (!) to the correct asdf package.
>

OK, yes, I see.  It wasn't easy to guess, and it was complicated by the fact 
that the new sbcl came out several days later than the cl-asdf that demanded 
the uninstallation of sbcl-common;  I noticed that sbcl was stuck in NEW.

Thanks for your answer, and please feel free to close the bug.

best regards
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