Debian bug report logs - #1719 , boring messages ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1719: hyperlatex recommends ghostscript - nonexistent package Reply-To: Ian Jackson , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: Ian Jackson Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 01:03:15 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: hyperlatex X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 01:03:15 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 01:01:09 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t6SI9-0001ceC; Fri, 20 Oct 95 18:00 PDT Received: from artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA07469 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Fri, 20 Oct 1995 17:59:38 -0700 Received: from chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk by artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #33) id m0t6SI4-0007uOC; Sat, 21 Oct 95 02:00 BST Received: by chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk id m0t6SHr-0002aWC (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Sat, 21 Oct 95 01:59 BST Message-Id: Date: Sat, 21 Oct 95 01:59 BST From: Ian Jackson To: Debian bugs submission address Package: hyperlatex Version: 1.3-4 The `hyperlatex' package says: recommends: latex, ghostscript, giftrans, pbmplus However, there is no package `ghostscript', nor does any package Provide `ghostscript'. (Packages-Master of the 21st of October, 00:49GMT.) This means that when you select hyperlatex in dselect you get a conflict/dependency resolution screen which is supposed to warn you about this potential problem (remember that a Recommends line is quite a strong recommendation). (Currently - dpkg 1.0.5 - the conflict/dependency resolution screen is less informative than it might be; I intend to improve this, but the problem will not go away until the bad recommendation is fixed.) Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Ian Jackson Subject: Bug#1719: Acknowledgement (was: hyperlatex recommends ghostscript - nonexistent package) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian GNU/Linux. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. 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Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Erick Branderhorst In-Reply-To: <9510241628.AA28322@mailgate.eur.nl> References: <9510241628.AA28322@mailgate.eur.nl> Subject: Bug#1719: marked as done (was: hyperlatex recommends ghostscript - nonexistent package) Your message dated Tue, 24 Oct 95 17:33:37 MET with message-id <9510241628.AA28322@mailgate.eur.nl> and subject line Bug#1719 has caused the attached bug report to be marked as done. It is your now responsibility to ensure that the bug report is dealt with. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what I'm talking about this indicates a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact me immediately.) Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 01:01:09 GMT From chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk!ian Fri Oct 20 18:00:06 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t6SI9-0001ceC; Fri, 20 Oct 95 18:00 PDT Received: from artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA07469 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Fri, 20 Oct 1995 17:59:38 -0700 Received: from chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk by artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #33) id m0t6SI4-0007uOC; Sat, 21 Oct 95 02:00 BST Received: by chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk id m0t6SHr-0002aWC (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Sat, 21 Oct 95 01:59 BST Message-Id: Date: Sat, 21 Oct 95 01:59 BST From: Ian Jackson To: Debian bugs submission address Subject: hyperlatex recommends ghostscript - nonexistent package Package: hyperlatex Version: 1.3-4 The `hyperlatex' package says: recommends: latex, ghostscript, giftrans, pbmplus However, there is no package `ghostscript', nor does any package Provide `ghostscript'. (Packages-Master of the 21st of October, 00:49GMT.) This means that when you select hyperlatex in dselect you get a conflict/dependency resolution screen which is supposed to warn you about this potential problem (remember that a Recommends line is quite a strong recommendation). (Currently - dpkg 1.0.5 - the conflict/dependency resolution screen is less informative than it might be; I intend to improve this, but the problem will not go away until the bad recommendation is fixed.) Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Ian Jackson Subject: Bug#1719 acknowledged by developer (was: hyperlatex recommends ghostscript - nonexistent package) References: <9510241628.AA28322@mailgate.eur.nl> In-Reply-To: This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report. Responsibility for it has been taken by one of the developers, namely Erick Branderhorst . You should be hearing from them with a substantive response shortly, if you have not already done so. If not, please contact them directly, or email debian-bugs@pixar.com or myself. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov