Debian testing - uninstallable packages
[ I sent this to debian-testing a month ago, but the mailing list ]
[ doesn't exist anymore - it is not archived at http://list.debian.org/ ]
[ If there is a more appropriate list for this discussion let me know. ]
The debian FAQ (/usr/share/debian/FAQ) says the following:
: Packages are installed into the `testing' directory after they have undergone
: some degree of testing in unstable. They must be in sync on all architectures
: where they have been built and mustn't have dependencies that make them
: uninstallable; they also have to have fewer release-critical bugs than the
: versions currently in testing. This way, we hope that `testing' is always
: close to being a release candidate.
I have seen a problem with two packages that I wanted to install from
testing not being installable. These were gnumeric and gnucash, so I
raised bug reports about them - currently unanswered.
I realise that there may be other packages that are also
uninstallable, so I wrote a script that parses /var/lib/dpkg/available
and lists those packages that have unmet dependencies, recommendations
or suggestions for packages that are not available. The script only
checks the package names, not the version numbers, so they may be more
problems.
The list below was compiled from the current status of debian testing
as found in the following sources.list today.
-------------------- sources.list --------------------
deb http://www.uk.debian.org/debian woody main
deb http://www.uk.debian.org/debian woody contrib
deb http://www.uk.debian.org/debian woody non-free
deb http://www.uk.debian.org/debian woody non-US/main
deb http://www.uk.debian.org/debian woody non-US/contrib
deb http://www.uk.debian.org/debian woody non-US/non-free
-------------------- sources.list --------------------
Package Relation Dependency (not available)
------- -------- --------------------------
glcpu depends on libcommonc++1
gnucash depends on libguile9
gnucash depends on guile1.4
gnucash depends on guile1.4-slib
gnucash depends on libgwrapguile0
gnumeric depends on libgal4
mozilla depends on mozilla-browser
mozilla depends on mozilla-mailnews
roxen-ssl depends on pike-crypto
sphinx2-bin depends on sphinx2-hmm-6k
Package Relation Recommendation (not available)
------- -------- ------------------------------
alamin-server recommends gnokii
bibletime recommends sword-dict
bibletime recommends sword-comm
cdrecord recommends mkisofs
cjk-latex recommends freetype1-tools
guile1.4-doc recommends guile1.4
ibcs-source-2.0 recommends kernel-source-2.0.36 | kernel-source-2.0.38
kernel-patch-2.4.0-ia64 recommends kernel-source-2.4.0
kernel-patch-2.4.1-ia64 recommends kernel-source-2.4.1
kernel-patch-2.4.3-arm recommends kernel-source-2.4.3
kernel-patch-2.4.4-ia64 recommends kernel-source-2.4.4
kernel-patch-2.4.5-ia64 recommends kernel-source-2.4.5
kernel-patch-2.4.5-s390 recommends kernel-source-2.4.5
mozilla recommends mozilla-psm
pipsecd recommends userlink
quickppp recommends pppd
tpctl recommends tpctl-modules
unp recommends unace
webmin-ssl recommends webmin-core
zope-pagetemplates recommends zope-parsedxml
Package Relation Suggestion (not available)
------- -------- --------------------------
alsa-base suggests alsadriver
alsa-utils suggests alsadriver
alsa-utils-0.4 suggests alsadriver
alsa-utils-0.5 suggests alsadriver
ant suggests jmf
aolserver suggests aolserver-postgres
aolserver suggests openacs
atool suggests bzip
cbedic suggests kbedic
cdrtoaster suggests mkisofs
cpuburn suggests kernel-patch-badram
crafty suggests craftywatcher
cupsys-client suggests kdelibs3-cups
cvsbook suggests cvs-doc
cxterm-gb suggests intlfonts-chinese
cxterm-jis suggests intlfonts-japanese
dhelp suggests glimpse
dstooltk suggests dstool-doc
dstooltk suggests dstool
e2ps suggests easypr
emacs-dl-wnn suggests wnn
emacspeak-ss suggests dtlk
exmh suggests glimpse
fidogate suggests ifcico-cm
freewrl suggests xswallow
ftape-util suggests ftape-module
funnelweb suggests task-devel-common
fweb suggests ratfor77
gap4-doc-dvi suggests gap4
gap4-doc-html suggests gap4
gap4-doc-ps suggests gap4
gcc-2.95 suggests task-devel-common
glide2-bin suggests device3dfx-module
gnats suggests gnats-tk
gnats suggests gnatsweb
gnats-user suggests gnatsweb
gnome-help suggests gnome-users-guide-en
gnustep-make suggests gnustep-base
gobjc-2.95 suggests task-objc-devel
gobjc-3.0 suggests task-objc-devel
gqview suggests xv
harden-tools suggests lids
honyaku-el suggests honyakudamashii-server
hylafax-client suggests mgetty-viewfax
hylafax-server suggests mgetty
iconc suggests icon-ipl
icont suggests icon-ipl
isdnutils suggests mgetty
isdnutils suggests isdnbutton
juke suggests psgplay
junior-* suggests task-junior
kde-i18n-* suggests task-kde
kdelibs3 suggests anti-aliasing-howto
kdevelop suggests sgmltools
kdevelop suggests glimpse
kernel-doc-2.2.13 suggests kernel-image-2.2.13
kernel-image-2.2.19-udma100-ext3 suggests kernel-doc-2.2.19-udma100-ext3
kernel-patch-2.2.18-openwall suggests kernel-source-2.2.18
kernel-patch-2.4.0-reiserfs suggests kernel-source-2.4.0
kernel-patch-int suggests kernel-source-2.2.15
kernel-patch-xfs-core suggests kernel-source-2.4.5
kernel-source-2.2.19 suggests task-tcltk-dev
kernel-source-2.4.7 suggests task-tcltk-dev
kernel-source-2.4.8 suggests task-tcltk-dev
kernel-source-2.4.9 suggests task-tcltk-dev
kmail suggests kmailplugin
lib-rxtx-java suggests jdk-common
libasound0.4 suggests alsadriver
libasound1 suggests alsadriver
libasound2 suggests alsadriver
libcdk-dev suggests libcdk-example
libcommons-java suggests jakarta-commons-doc
libecasound7 suggests mp3-encoder
libglide2 suggests device3dfx-module
libglide3 suggests device3dfx-module
libhonyaku-damashii-ruby suggests honyaku-damashii-server
libmagick5-dev suggests freetype6-dev
libnet-ldap-perl suggests libnet-socketssl-perl
libqt2 suggests anti-aliasing-howto
librx1-altdev suggests rx1g-dev
libssrp-dev suggests netkit-rpc
libvdk1-dev suggests doxygen
lm-sensors suggests i2c
lm-sensors suggests lm-sensors-mod
lxr suggests glimpse
memtest86 suggests memtest
memtest86 suggests kernel-patch-badram
mozilla suggests mozilla-xmlterm
mozilla suggests mozilla-chatzilla
mule2-canna-wnn suggests wnn
mule2-wnn suggests wnn
netbase suggests netkit-rpc
netscape-base-4 suggests plugger
ocaml-tools suggests emacs
opalmod suggests oamg
openacs-doc suggests openacs
pgp4pine suggests pine | pine396-src
povray suggests povray-manual
python2-imaging-tk suggests python2-imaging-doc
python2-numeric-tutorial suggests python2-imaging-doc
remind suggests tcl
sgml-data suggests osp
slapd suggests openldap-guide
spamfilter suggests spamdb
speak-freely suggests xv
starplot suggests starplot-data
swig1.3 suggests swig1.3-doc
tramp suggests mimencode
user-de suggests task-german
vreng suggests wbd
xftp suggests archie
zmailer suggests mail-user-agent
--
Andrew.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Andrew M. Bishop amb@gedanken.demon.co.uk
http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/
Reply to: