Re: gbrowse build on Ubuntu

[Steffen Möller <steffen_moeller@gmx.de>]

On 05/12/2011 11:01 AM, Sebastian Hilbert wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 12. Mai 2011, 10:31:21 schrieb Olivier Sallou:
> > it is on public one, with oneiric release (next one).
> >
> > https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gbrowse/2.26~dfsg-3
> >
> >
> > It may be just a matter a sync between dependencies, but I do not know
> > how Ubuntu manage its builds.
>
> You might want to try building it in the Debian-med PPA.  You then have at
> least some control over the build logs etc. In the PPA you could provide the
> missing dependencies (if there are any).

But build it for lucid or maverick ... the newer ones get it through
the regular channels, anyway :)  I was a bit disappointed by now seeing
an auto-backport of it all ... was I doing something wrong?

> > Breaks: libwww-perl (<  6.00) but 5.837-1 is to be installed
>
> This line I don't quite get.
>
> why is the dependency not met ?

Just guessing ... try << instead of < and make it a real Debian version like 6.0-1

Best,
Steffen