[Bug 1720398] Re: package libevent is named libevent-2.1-6

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Hi, cannot use the seafile-gui client anymore! Won't install because of this...
https://forum.seafile.com/t/seafile-gui-ubuntu-17-10/3800/5

** Also affects: seafile-client
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  package libevent is named libevent-2.1-6

Status in seafile-client:
  New
Status in libevent package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Should there not be a virtual package that is named libevent that links to libevent-2.1.6?
  Now there is a libevent-2.1-6 that contains (2.1.8-stable-4)?

  So that ppa's that has dependencies on libevent breaks.

  Bug or feature?

  falk at broekn-notepad:~$  apt show libevent-2.1-6
  Package: libevent-2.1-6
  Version: 2.1.8-stable-4
  Priority: standard
  Section: libs
  Source: libevent
  Origin: Ubuntu
  Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com>
  Original-Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar <anibal at debian.org>
  Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
  Installed-Size: 383 kB
  Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17)
  Homepage: http://libevent.org/
  Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, cloud-image, server, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-gtk-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-qt-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
  Supported: 9m
  Download-Size: 134 kB
  APT-Manual-Installed: yes
  APT-Sources: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/main amd64 Packages
  Description: Asynchronous event notification library
   Libevent is an asynchronous event notification library that provides a
   mechanism to execute a callback function when a specific event occurs
   on a file descriptor or after a timeout has been reached.
   .
   It is meant to replace the asynchronous event loop found in
   event driven network servers. Currently, libevent supports /dev/poll,
   kqueue(2), event ports, select(2), poll(2) and epoll(4).
   .
   For backward compatibility and to transition to "libevent_core only"
   or "libevent_core + libevent_extra", the libevent source package builds
   the libevent library that includes everything in libevent_core and
   libevent_extra.

  
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  Regards Falk

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
  Package: libevent-2.1-6 2.1.8-stable-4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-12.13-generic 4.13.3
  Uname: Linux 4.13.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Fri Sep 29 17:11:19 2017
  Dependencies:
   gcc-7-base 7.2.0-7ubuntu1
   libc6 2.26-0ubuntu1
   libgcc1 1:7.2.0-7ubuntu1
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-19 (10 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170918)
  SourcePackage: libevent
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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