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Re: Unable to install custom package using defined dependency version

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Op 26-05-17 om 14:52 schreef Sijis Aviles:
> As suggested, I was able to tell apt to install the specific 
> 1.0.5~aaa package first and then I was able to install 'my-app' in a 
> subsequent command. This works but its not what I was expecting to 
> do.
> 
> What I was trying to do was automatically build 'my-app' and 
> 'app-configs' (via Jenkins) every day and upload those .deb files to 
> Artifactory in a single repo. At some point in time (about once a 
> week), I would want to release 'my-app' and update its control file 
> to use a specified version of 'app-configs' (probably not the 
> latest), then I would use a script to install this version of 
> 'my-app', which would only require the specific version of 
> app-configs.
> 
> If I understand what you say, only 1 version of app-configs should
> be available in the debian repo in order for this to work.

Simply put: in any particular repository the most recent version of the 
dependency should be compatible with the most recent version of the main 
package.

> If that's the case, then what are my options? Does each daily build>
> of 'my-app' and 'app-configs' go into a separate repository?

That may be an option. You would have to make sure - scripted or 
manually - the machine installing my-app only 'sees' one of those 
repositories at a time, though.

> I do find it strange that I was able to use apt-get install 
> app-configs=1.0.5~aaa but I cannot specificy something similar 
> through a control file.

That's simply how apt works. The Depends field in the control file is 
meant to tell apt which dependencies a particular package needs. If 
they're not available or installable, apt is supposed to complain. If 
the user decides to issue a command that specifies an earlier version of 
a package, that's *his* decision.
Don't forget, being both the creator/provider and the installer/user of 
a package is not the default situation for most packages.

> *) I'm ignoring 'priority pinning' here, as we're talking about a 
> single repository
> 
> I'm actually quite curious about this, as I was anticipating coping 
> the 'released' my-app and app-configs into a separate repository for 
> 'safer' keeping.

If those versions are older than the ones currently installed, you don't 
need pinning, as apt will normally ignore older versions anyway.

Regards,
Frank

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Unable to install custom package using defined dependency version Sijis Aviles <SAviles@gogoair.com> - 2017-05-26 02:30 +0200
  Re: Unable to install custom package using defined dependency version Frank <zuiderduin@gmx.com> - 2017-05-26 14:00 +0200
    Re: Unable to install custom package using defined dependency version Sijis Aviles <sijis.aviles@gmail.com> - 2017-05-26 15:10 +0200
      Re: Unable to install custom package using defined dependency version Frank <zuiderduin@gmx.com> - 2017-05-26 16:20 +0200
        Re: Unable to install custom package using defined dependency version Sijis Aviles <sijis.aviles@gmail.com> - 2017-05-26 17:20 +0200
          Re: Unable to install custom package using defined dependency version David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-05-26 19:50 +0200
            Re: Unable to install custom package using defined dependency version Sijis Aviles <sijis.aviles@gmail.com> - 2017-05-26 20:50 +0200
              Re: Unable to install custom package using defined dependency version David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-05-27 02:10 +0200
                Re: Unable to install custom package using defined dependency version Sijis Aviles <sijis.aviles@gmail.com> - 2017-05-27 21:10 +0200
                Re: Unable to install custom package using defined dependency version David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-05-27 22:50 +0200
                Re: Unable to install custom package using defined dependency version Sijis Aviles <sijis.aviles@gmail.com> - 2017-05-28 17:20 +0200

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