On Aug 12, 2024 7:47 PM, smooney@redhat.com wrote:

> i know that debian and perhaps other distos have a policy where they dont want to have 2

> version fo the same package. this has caused issues with compatiblity in debian in the past

> were the two are not aligned but even then i think the breakage you are discibing wont happen

> if your using the offical debian repos for a release.

Not sure what pb you are refering to. This type of issues are mostly met in Debian Unstable that none (but me, as the package maintainer) use.

As for the type of problem explained above, in theory it may happen. In practice, package maintainer then to only set upper bound constraints for Depends:, and I never encounter such issue. If this happened, let me know and I will try and fix.

FYI, Debian supports installing directly on bare metal without containers if you feel this eay.

Cheers,

Thomas Goirand (zigo)