Bug#1209: lost bug report? dpkg and dependencies
On Tue, 8 Aug 1995, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Raul Miller writes ("Bug#1209: lost bug report? dpkg and dependencies"):
> > I seem to recall something being rejected because gcc wasn't
> > configured yet, followed immediately by gcc being configured.
> > There've been more examples since them, but I remember them even less
> > clearly.
>
...
> If you (or anyone else) manage to make it reproducible, the
> appropriate debug flag is -D440 (which gives extra-verbose output
> about conflicts and dependencies).
It was easy to reproduce. I removed cvs and rcs from my system, unpacked
them and configured them. Here is the log from the configuration.
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bash# dpkg -D440 --configure -a -O -E --no-act
D000040: checking dependencies of rcs (- <none>)
D000040: ok 2 msgs >><<
Setting up rcs ...
D000040: checking dependencies of cvs (- <none>)
D000400: checking group ...
D000400: checking possibility -> rcs
D000400: not configured/able - returning 0
D000400: found 0
D000400: found 0 matched 0
D000040: ok 0 msgs >> cvs depends on rcs; however:
Package rcs is not configured yet.
<<
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of cvs:
cvs depends on rcs; however:
Package rcs is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing cvs (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
cvs
bash#
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I hope this helps you.
/Anders
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