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Subject: bug#27467: Xfce broken,
	because it propagates two different versions of gtk+
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 15:45:49 +0200
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To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
Cc: 27467@debbugs.gnu.org

Hi!

Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> skribis:

> What do you think of the attached patches?  The first makes libxfce4ui
> only propagate the latest gtk+, so I added gtk+-2 where needed.  The
> second removes =E2=80=9Cexo=E2=80=9D from the =E2=80=9Cxfce=E2=80=9D meta=
-package, because it doesn=E2=80=99t
> seem needed.  =E2=80=9Cexo=E2=80=9D propagates =E2=80=9Cgtk+-2=E2=80=9D, =
so it would be hard to prevent
> the conflict otherwise.
>
> These patches are only a temporary fix until we can find a way to mark
> certain conflicts as unproblematic.

These patches seem reasonable to me.

Another option (perhaps slightly less intrusive) would be to implement
the =E2=80=98xfce=E2=80=99 meta-package using =E2=80=98union-build=E2=80=99=
 instead of
=E2=80=98propagated-inputs=E2=80=99.

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.