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From: "Tomáš Chvátal" <scarabeus@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in net-analyzer/wireshark: wireshark-1.6.2.ebuild ChangeLog wireshark-1.4.9.ebuild wireshark-1.4.7.ebuild wireshark-1.6.0_rc1.ebuild wireshark-1.4.4.ebuild wireshark-1.4.6-r1.ebuild
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:47:15
Message-Id: CA+Nrkpe6_6_V-+MSsDsoS6P4m6Q93RqQO+5cCrOOv9kMynJ_zg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in net-analyzer/wireshark: wireshark-1.6.2.ebuild ChangeLog wireshark-1.4.9.ebuild wireshark-1.4.7.ebuild wireshark-1.6.0_rc1.ebuild wireshark-1.4.4.ebuild wireshark-1.4.6-r1.ebuild by Markos Chandras
1 2011/9/13 Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o>:
2 > On 12/09/2011 09:55 μμ, Peter Volkov (pva) wrote:
3 >> pva         11/09/12 18:55:52
4 >>
5 >> Modified:             ChangeLog Added:
6 >> wireshark-1.6.2.ebuild wireshark-1.4.9.ebuild Removed:
7 >> wireshark-1.4.7.ebuild wireshark-1.6.0_rc1.ebuild
8 >> wireshark-1.4.4.ebuild wireshark-1.4.6-r1.ebuild Log: Version bump.
9 >> Fixes security bug #381551, thank GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot. Added
10 >> 1.6.2, bug #370683. 1.6.2 also fixes bug 373545 wrt Francesco
11 >> Lamonica. Drop old.
12 >>
13 >> ... !!<net-analyzer/wireshark-1.6.0_rc1"
14 >
15 > Why is wireshark blocking itself on DEPEND? is this a known bug that
16 > prevents normal update from old to new version? It is a bit odd to
17 > have to remove the existing installation in order to update to a new one
18 >
19 > - --
20 > Regards,
21 > Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2
22 Actually this s**t happens a lot,
23 due to broken build system the package links to the already in-system
24 packages and use headers from system.
25
26 So one has to block the major versions to avoid the breakages during the build
27
28 Cheers
29
30 Tom