[Bug 884908] Re: Package dependencies need work

[Marc Cluet]

Update to mcollective-1.2.1-0ubuntu3 that solves the dependency issues

** Patch added: "mcollective_1.2.1-0ubuntu3.debdiff"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mcollective/+bug/884908/+attachment/2592650/+files/mcollective_1.2.1-0ubuntu3.debdiff

** Description changed:

  This is actually a bug report for mcollective, mcollective-middleware
  and mcollective-client.
  
  The package dependencies need to be looked at because as they stand now
  on Ubuntu 11.10 oneiric, they are not correct.
  
  What I have discovered so far is:
  
  mcollective-middleware need to depend on mcollective, otherwise the
  directory /etc/mcollective is not created.
  
  At least mcollective-client needs to depends on 'rubygems'. Without it you receive the following:
- $ mc-find-hosts 
+ $ mc-find-hosts
  /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/mcollective.rb:1:in `require': no such file to load -- rubygems (LoadError)
-     from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/mcollective.rb:1
-     from /usr/sbin/mc-find-hosts:3:in `require'
-     from /usr/sbin/mc-find-hosts:3
+     from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/mcollective.rb:1
+     from /usr/sbin/mc-find-hosts:3:in `require'
+     from /usr/sbin/mc-find-hosts:3
  
  I believe mcollective-middleware also needs to depend on rubygems,
  because the above error was replaced with "silence" after installing
  rubygems. Once I restarted the mcollective service, silence was replaced
  with the correct functionality.
  
  Please let me know if you need more information.
  
  Peter
+ 
+ ---- SRU Justification (Marc Cluet) ---
+ 
+ TEST CASE:
+ 1. Install mcollective-middleware, it won't install mcollective
+ 2. Install mcollective-clients, some of the plugins will fail due to the lack of rubygems, libsystemu-ruby or ruby-json
+ 
+ Regression potential:
+ It's just adding dependencies, regression potential almost 0.
+ 
+ Course of action for oneiric:
+ Add the missing dependencies.

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Title:
  Package dependencies need work

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