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user640071

Reputation: 23

Problem with debian control file dependencies

I am creating a package that depends on another. The version number of package 1 is 8.5.2-xxxxxxxxxxxx. I am trying to get package 2 to depend on 8.5.2 and ignore the revision number. It must depend exactly on 8.5.2 but any 8.5.2 revision is fine. Everything I read seems to indicate that I can specify only the version without the revision number for Depends and other settings in the control file but this isn't working. It always says:

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of [product2]: [product2] depends on [product1] (= 8.5.2); however: Version of [product1] on system is 8.5.2-xxxxxxxxxxxx.

Here my depends line in the control file

Depends: [product1] (=8.5.2)

Anyone know if this is possible?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1874

Answers (1)

Arrowmaster
Arrowmaster

Reputation: 9271

You can combine multiple depends on a single package to make a more strict match.

Depends: [product1] (>= 8.5.2), [product1] (<< 8.5.3)

This is a rather dirty solution though because I believe a version number like 8.5.3~beta1 would still be accepted. An even dirtier solution would be to use (<< 8.5.3~~) in that case.

Upvotes: 5

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