Re: Uninstallable Packages
On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 11:18:04PM +0900, ehikory@mail.goo.ne.jp wrote:
> The following packages are uninstallable in eleven architectures in sarge,
> have no newer version in sid, and are not currently scheduled for removal.
> I recommend that they be scheduled for removal from testing, as:
>
> remove libhonyaku-damashiii-ruby/0.20-3 #depends libruby (< 1.7.0-0) vs. 1.8.0-1
There was no bug about this. I've filed one.
> remove php4-ming/0.2a.cvs10030716-2 #depends on zendapi-20020429 & not in contrib
There were bugs about this, but neither was release-critical. I've
merged them and upgraded them to grave.
> remove python-pcgi/1.999a5-3 #depends on python-bobo & not in contrib
There was no bug about this. I've filed one.
> remove vimacs/0.95-1 #depends on vim, but conflicts with current version (6.2-149+1)
There was a bug about this, but it wasn't release-critical. I've
upgraded it to grave.
> Also, the "testing problems" output seems overzealous in marking
> packages uninstallable, as I was able to sucessfully simulate installation
> (sudo apt-get -s install foo) of the following, regardless of their also
> being listed as uninstallable on eleven architectures, including my own.
>
> odontolinux (0.6.1-7)
> phppgadmin (3.2.1-1)
> sourceforge (2.5-37)
The output seems quite correct; all of these packages depend on
php4-pgsql, which is indeed uninstallable in testing, since it needs a
newer version of php4. You must have a newer version of php4 installed
locally.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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