OpenOffice.org powerpc is 'mixed'

[Sylvain Beucler <beuc@beuc.net>]

Hi,

I'm trying to install OOo~bpo on Debian Etch PPC.

AFAICS version 2.3 was compiled a while ago. More recently 2.4 was
uploaded but did not compile for powerpc. Well, I'll install 2.3
nonetheless.

However, now there is a mix of 2.3 and 2.4 packages in Packages.gz,
which makes the package uninstallable:

# apt-cache policy openoffice.org
openoffice.org:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch5
  Version table:
     1:2.3.1-2~bpo40+1 0
          1 http://backports.org etch-backports/main Packages
     2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch5 0
        500 http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages
     2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch4 0
        500 http://ftp.fr.debian.org etch/main Packages
# apt-cache policy openoffice.org-common
openoffice.org-common:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch5
  Version table:
     1:2.4.0-4~bpo40+1 0
          1 http://backports.org etch-backports/main Packages
     2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch5 0
        500 http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages
     2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch4 0
        500 http://ftp.fr.debian.org etch/main Packages



My intuitive feeling is that if 2.4 doesn't build on powerpc, then
it's an error if part of the packages are introduced in Packages.gz
anyway ("all or nothing" situation).


Clues?

-- 
Sylvain

PS: for those who like ugly aptitude output ;)
# aptitude install -t etch-backports openoffice.org
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
Building tag database... Done
The following packages are BROKEN:
  openoffice.org-common
The following NEW packages will be automatically installed:
  bsh fastjar gcc-3.4-base gcj-4.1-base gij-4.1 java-common java-gcj-compat lapack3 libg2c0 libgcj-common libgcj7-0 libgcj7-jar libjaxp1.3-java
  libjline-java libneon26-gnutls libportaudio2 libsndfile1 libstlport4.6c2 libufsparse libwpd8c2a libxalan2-java libxerces2-java lp-solve
  openoffice.org-base openoffice.org-base-core openoffice.org-calc openoffice.org-core openoffice.org-draw openoffice.org-filter-binfilter
  openoffice.org-filter-mobiledev openoffice.org-impress openoffice.org-java-common openoffice.org-math openoffice.org-officebean
  openoffice.org-style-andromeda openoffice.org-style-crystal openoffice.org-style-tango openoffice.org-writer python-uno refblas3 ttf-opensymbol
The following packages have been kept back:
  base-files desktop-base ekiga exim4 exim4-base exim4-config exim4-daemon-light ifrename initscripts kde-i18n-fr kdelibs-data kdelibs4c2a libpisock9
  libpisync0 libqt3-mt linux-image-2.6-powerpc mutt rsync smartmontools sysv-rc sysvinit sysvinit-utils vim-common vim-tiny wireless-tools
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  bsh fastjar gcc-3.4-base gcj-4.1-base gij-4.1 java-common java-gcj-compat lapack3 libg2c0 libgcj-common libgcj7-0 libgcj7-jar libjaxp1.3-java
  libjline-java libneon26-gnutls libportaudio2 libsndfile1 libstlport4.6c2 libufsparse libwpd8c2a libxalan2-java libxerces2-java lp-solve openoffice.org
  openoffice.org-base openoffice.org-base-core openoffice.org-calc openoffice.org-core openoffice.org-draw openoffice.org-filter-binfilter
  openoffice.org-filter-mobiledev openoffice.org-impress openoffice.org-java-common openoffice.org-math openoffice.org-officebean
  openoffice.org-style-andromeda openoffice.org-style-crystal openoffice.org-style-tango openoffice.org-writer python-uno refblas3 ttf-opensymbol
0 packages upgraded, 43 newly installed, 0 to remove and 25 not upgraded.
Need to get 106MB/125MB of archives. After unpacking 324MB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  openoffice.org-common: Conflicts: openoffice.org-base (< 1:2.4.0) but 1:2.3.1-2~bpo40+1 is to be installed.
                         Conflicts: openoffice.org-writer (< 1:2.4.0) but 1:2.3.1-2~bpo40+1 is to be installed.
                         Conflicts: openoffice.org-calc (< 1:2.4.0) but 1:2.3.1-2~bpo40+1 is to be installed.
                         Conflicts: openoffice.org-impress (< 1:2.4.0) but 1:2.3.1-2~bpo40+1 is to be installed.
                         Conflicts: openoffice.org-draw (< 1:2.4.0) but 1:2.3.1-2~bpo40+1 is to be installed.
                         Conflicts: openoffice.org-math (< 1:2.4.0) but 1:2.3.1-2~bpo40+1 is to be installed.
Resolving dependencies...
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

Keep the following packages at their current version:
bsh [Not Installed]
openoffice.org [Not Installed]
openoffice.org-base [Not Installed]
openoffice.org-calc [Not Installed]
openoffice.org-draw [Not Installed]
openoffice.org-filter-mobiledev [Not Installed]
openoffice.org-impress [Not Installed]
openoffice.org-java-common [Not Installed]
openoffice.org-math [Not Installed]
openoffice.org-officebean [Not Installed]
openoffice.org-writer [Not Installed]

Score is -9911

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