OK thanks. :-) Currently I just run apt -t jessie-backports upgrade and it lists me the offending packages.When all is over I send you all many kudos for all your awesome work. :-)2016-07-16 10:28 GMT+02:00 Gianfranco Costamagna <locutusofborg@debian.org>:Hi
>Yup, it is the qt4 bpo stack. (which breaks qt5 jessie stack, sooo the qt5 stack must be updated in bpo alongside)
>
>But now I reverted to the qt4 stack to jessie stable and all is fine again, but this is annoying anyway. I've given the command to do so so that anyone who needs to >do it can do so safely.
this is a "transition" that is almost over, just look for the qt5 packages to disappear from here [1] and
everything should be fine again.
G.
[1] https://ftp-master.debian.org/backports-new.html
2016-07-16 10:16 GMT+02:00 Gianfranco Costamagna <locutusofborg@debian.org>:
Hi
>
>>Currently half of the qt5 packages from bpo are 5.6 while the other ones are still at version 5.3... and I'm speaking about the package from Oracle repo, NOT debian >(but actually it will also impact the package from Debian BPO when it is out).
>
>
>forcing the whole qt5 stack to go at version 5.3 should make vbox installable (I know this is the one from Oracle, but
>they aren't enforcing a particular version AFAIR)
>
>so, the problem here is that you have half upgraded the stack, not that the stack from jessie
>is not capable of installing it.
>
>G.
>
>
>2016-07-16 9:49 GMT+02:00 Gianfranco Costamagna <locutusofborg@debian.org>:
>
>Hi
>>
>>>You don't need backport's qt4 in order to get virtualbox from bpo, just
>>>downgrade qtchooser and qt4 to their jessie versions and download virtualbox
>>>from bpo.
>>>
>>>Kinds regards, Lisandro.
>>
>>
>>He was talking about virtualbox 5.1, that is the newly built version against
>>qt5 stack.
>>What I don't understand is why he needs qt5 from backports, because jessie
>>has already a qt5 stack.
>>Note: I'm doing right now experimental builds of virtualbox for Debian,
>>but I don't think I will upload on unstable the new version, because I'm not
>>completely happy with it.
>>
>>If you want to checkout the virtualbox.git packaging, and try to build from experimental branch in
>>a clean jessie machine I think you can have your vbox 5.1, or just stop using backports until
>>they are fully updated.
>>
>>cheers,
>>
>>G.
>>
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