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mcgiwer

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Registered: 2025-04-23

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Reporting mishmash in repository - package dependancies

Hello. I would like to ask about, where I can report issues wirhin tbe devuan repository?

I had discovered a version mishmash by many packages depensancies and would like that they would become fixed.

Description:

In many packages dependencies, there is set a strict "equal" version number instead of "greater-equal" one, with prevents the package from either installing at all or install a newer version (upgrade)

RedGreen925

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Registered: 2024-12-07

Posts: 319  

Re: Reporting mishmash in repository - package dependancies

Talk to Debian those are the people that do the packages for the vast majority of those packages in the repositories. If you see a devuan in the package name then someone from the distribution worked on that package to remove the systemd garbage. And it having such dependency is the result of that work and getting everything to work together. And the only time I ever see "problems" with this is when someone tries to install a package that is not built for the distribution they are running, since you mention newer in your posting I would think this is the case here for your situation you complain about. The packages in a distribution are well known and never change except for security concerns even then the fixes are usually backported to the version already in the archives and the version number remains the same to not break everything.

Edit: Oh and newer package will get the backported treatment too, then since they are built using the already existing libraries in the distribution they can be installed. This either can be done by the developer, someone else or the person wanting to install it themselves. Another option for running update software is the flatpak or AppImage they bundle all the libraries needed into them so you can run the updated software on older system.

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mcgiwer

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Registered: 2025-04-23

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Re: Reporting mishmash in repository - package dependancies

Thanks.I asked because in the APT "sources" lists I have only the "Devuan" entries, so I thought I need to contact the Devuan repository mainainers about it...

RedGreen925

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Registered: 2024-12-07

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Re: Reporting mishmash in repository - package dependancies

You are welcome, anything you see without devuan in the name comes straight from the Debian archives into the Devuan ones.