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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    Bug#3102: package dependancy bug
From:       "Robert C." <robertc () interlog ! com>
Date:       2000-04-28 5:39:22
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Hi guys, here's a bug for you...

PROBLEM:

Most of the stable KDE .deb packages suffer from this problem.

In debian, the qt library packages are called "libqt1g" and "libqt2".  The KDE .deb \
packages are set to depend on "qt1g" and "qt2" which you provide.  However, I already \
have the libqt1g and libqt2 installed, and they are depended upon by other packages \
in Debian.  I can't install the KDE packages that use the qt libraries because they \
are set to depend on packages by the names qt1g and qt2, not libqt1g and libqt2.  I \
can not install qt1g and qt2 in addition to libqt1g and libqt2 because they conflict \
with each otehr (they're the same thing), and I can not remove the ones I have and \
use yours because of all the other packages that depend on the qt libraries by the \
names used in Debian, "libqt1g" and "libqt2".

Note, I am running Debian Potato, and yes I am installing debs from the right place \
being ftp://ftp.us.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/latest/distribution/deb/potato/i386/


SOLUTION:

Option 1, fix the names of the qt library packages and make new debs to depend on the \
proper names.  

Option 2, simply update the KDE debs to depend on qt1g _OR_ libqt1g, and qt2 _OR_ \
libqt2.


Thanks for all the great work you guys do, and for providing .deb packages!  I hope \
you'll fix this minor issue quickly, it would not take long at all and would save \
many people some dependancy/conflict hassles.  I've had to put KDE on hold until this \
gets fixed...  I would appreciate a quick reply to this email so I know someone has \
recieved this and what your intentions are, ie. if you're going to fix it promptly or \
not...  

Thanks again,
Sincerely,

Robert Cornall


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