reassign 964477 apt
thanks
On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 06:58:33PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> On 2020-07-19 18:48, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> > Hello Aurelien,
> > sorry for answering late, I was a few days offline.
> >
> > On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 09:45:55PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> > > On 2020-07-07 21:04, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> > > > Package: libc6-dev
> > > > Version: 2.28-10
> > > > Severity: important
> > > >
> > > > Until a few hours ago I run stable. Switching sources to testing and
> > > > then
> > > > apt-get update
> > > > apt-get upgrade
> > > >
> > > > worked. Now:
> > > >
> > > > apt-get dist-ugprade tells me the following:
> > > >
> > > > root@samd:~# LC_ALL=C apt-get dist-upgrade
> > > > Reading package lists... Done
> > > > Building dependency tree
> > > > Reading state information... Done
> > > > Calculating upgrade... Error!
> > > > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> > > > requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> > > > distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> > > > or been moved out of Incoming.
> > > > The following information may help to resolve the situation:
> > > >
> > > > The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> > > > libc6-dev : Breaks: libgcc-8-dev (< 8.4.0-2~) but 8.3.0-6 is to be installed
> > > > E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.
> > >
> > > This break entry is correct, if we remove it gcc-8 will be left
> > > potentially broken after the upgrade. I have no idea how it can be fixed
> > > on the glibc side.
> >
> > Who would be the best party to fix this? (Sorry, at the moment I don't
> > have a clue what causes this problem).
>
> I guess apt developers might be able to help there.
>
> > > > If I try to remove either libc6-dev or libgcc-8-dev then a long list of
> > > > programms is scheduled for deinstallation, e.g. lots of KDE, okular, libreoffice etc.
> > >
> > > Have you tried installing gcc-defaults from testing before starting the
> > > upgrade?
> >
> > I did an upgrade today (dist-upgrade is still broken) and for some
> > strange reason I cannot install gcc-defaults:
> >
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > Building dependency tree
> > Reading state information... Done
> > E: Unable to locate package gcc-defaults
> >
> > I also get this in an current (unrelated) sid chroot. Strange.
>
> Oops sorry. gcc-defaults is the source package. You should try with one
> of the corresponding binary packages, like gcc or g++.
Ok, then this is not another local problem.
However, it does not help. Installing gcc brings in a few packages but
then dist-upgrade fails again the same way. g++ is already at the
latest version.
I reassign this bug to apt as suggested.
Thanks for your support.
Greetings
Helge
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