[maemo-developers] up-to-date debhelper and cdbs

[From: Anderson Lizardo]

On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 6:54 AM, Thomas Tanner <tanner at gmx.de> wrote:
> PROBLEM:
> autobuilder should automatically install these build-depends
> but currently it fails with
>
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>  debhelper
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>  bsdmainutils bsdutils debhelper7 groff-base man-db
> E: Packages need to be removed but remove is disabled.
>
> see the buildlog of a package used for testing the workaround
> https://garage.maemo.org/builder/fremantle/dpkg-repack_1.31maemo1/i386.root.log.FAILED.txt
>
> Would it be possible to allow package removal in autobuilder?

Ideally, it would be nice to allow this modified debhelper7 and the
original debhelper from the devkit to coexist on the same SDK
installation (so that users interested on trying it out can easily do
so without breaking their current target). That would require some
more changes to your debhelper7 and cdbs-dh7 packages though (e.g. to
not install files at conflicting paths).

What do you think?

-- 
Anderson Lizardo
OpenBossa Labs - INdT
Manaus - Brazil