[wpkg-users] Removing a dependency, removes all packages in the dependency chain

[Daniel Dehennin]

Daniel Dehennin <daniel.dehennin at ac-caen.fr> writes:


[...]

> I have the same problem here, with GTK2 and pidgin-2.6.6-no-gtk.
>
> I had:
>
> host:
>   \- pidgin
>        \- GTK2
>
> With pidgin 2.7.0, there is no no-gtk version any more, so I remove the
> dependency in pidgin.xml and I have the following:

[...]

> My problem is that pidgin 2.6.6 is not available anymore since I
> distribute 2.7.0.

To be really clear, if a dependency is removed, it's normal to remove
the depending package (it's not supposed to work without it's
dependency), but it may not do so if this one is in upgrade (which may
remove the dependency) ?

Regards.
-- 
Daniel Dehennin
RAIP de l'Orne
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