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Re: Strange new release-2 errors from upset
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 04:15:52PM -0600, Yaakov (Cygwin Ports) wrote:
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>Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>> upset: *** setup-2.ini: warning - package ORBit2-devel requires non-existent package minires-devel
>>> upset: *** setup-2.ini: warning - package atk requires non-existent package glib2-runtime
>>> upset: *** setup-2.ini: warning - package desktop-file-utils requires non-existent package glib2-runtime
>>> upset: *** setup-2.ini: warning - package gail requires non-existent package atk-runtime
>>> upset: *** setup-2.ini: warning - package libbonoboui2 requires non-existent package atk-runtime
>>> upset: *** setup-2.ini: warning - package libbonoboui2 requires non-existent package glib2-runtime
>>> upset: *** setup-2.ini: warning - package libclamav-devel requires non-existent package minires-devel
>>> upset: *** setup-2.ini: warning - package libglade2 requires non-existent package atk-runtime
>>> upset: *** setup-2.ini: warning - package libglade2 requires non-existent package glib2-runtime
>>> upset: *** setup-2.ini: warning - package libgnomeprint22 requires non-existent package glib2-runtime
>>> upset: *** setup-2.ini: warning - package libgnomeui2 requires non-existent package atk-runtime
>>> upset: *** setup-2.ini: warning - package libgtkhtml2 requires non-existent package atk-runtime
>>> upset: *** setup-2.ini: warning - package libserf0-devel requires non-existent package apr1
>>> upset: *** setup-2.ini: warning - package libserf0-devel requires non-existent package aprutil1
>>> upset: *** setup-2.ini: warning - package libwnck1_18 requires non-existent package atk-runtime
>>> upset: *** setup-2.ini: warning - package perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig requires non-existent package pkgconfig
>>> upset: *** setup-2.ini: warning - package pygtk2 requires non-existent package atk-runtime
>>> upset: *** setup-2.ini: warning - package pygtk2 requires non-existent package glib2-runtime
>>> upset: *** setup-2.ini: warning - package rpm requires non-existent package mktemp
>>> upset: *** setup-2.ini: warning - package tetex-bin requires non-existent package clear
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>> I've only looked at a handful of the above but they all seem to be valid
>> complaints. I can't explain why they are just showing up now because all
>> of the changes seem to have been done months ago. For instance, there are
>> no glib2-runtime or minires-devel directories in release-2 but that is not
>> a recent change.
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>The "non-existent" packages are all currently empty, obsolete packages.
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>glib2-runtime -> glib2
>atk-runtime -> atk
>pkgconfig -> pkg-config
>clear -> ncurses
>minires-devel -> cygwin-1.7.x
>apr1 -> libapr1-devel
>aprutil1 -> libaprutil1-devel
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>The exception is mktemp, which AFAICS is still a real package.
The mktemp package is obsolete. It comes from coreutils these days.
I guess I should have made it clear that these were obsolete packages
and hence were not part of the release-2 hierarchy. I don't understand
why non-obsolete packages in release are relying on obsolete packages
though.
>I don't know why this the errors just started now, because I thought
>all obsolete packages weren't be copied into release-2.
That one is a mystery. I didn't see any creation dates which would
explain this.
cgf