Bug#599616: linux-tools-2.6.36: ..dependency logic bug, should depend on either 1 of sid or experimental binutils, not on both 2.
Package: linux-tools-2.6.36
Severity: normal
...dependency logic bug; experimental package linux-tools-$(experimental-kernel-version)
should depend on either 1 of sid binutils, or on experimental binutils, not on both 2.
...first 3 "solutions" offered:
...a45:~# unset http_proxy &&unset HTTP_PROXY &&aptitude -t experimental install linux-tools-2.6.36
The following NEW packages will be installed:
linux-tools-2.6.36{b}
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 20 not upgraded.
Need to get 374 kB of archives. After unpacking 967 kB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
linux-tools-2.6.36: Depends: binutils (< 2.20.2) but 2.20.51.20100925-1 is installed.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Keep the following packages at their current version:
1) linux-tools-2.6.36 [Not Installed]
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] q
Abandoning all efforts to resolve these dependencies.
Abort.
a45:~# unset http_proxy &&unset HTTP_PROXY &&aptitude -t experimental install linux-tools-2.6.36
The following NEW packages will be installed:
linux-tools-2.6.36{b}
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 20 not upgraded.
Need to get 374 kB of archives. After unpacking 967 kB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
linux-tools-2.6.36: Depends: binutils (< 2.20.2) but 2.20.51.20100925-1 is installed.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Keep the following packages at their current version:
1) linux-tools-2.6.36 [Not Installed]
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] n
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Downgrade the following packages:
1) binutils [2.20.51.20100925-1 (experimental, now) -> 2.20.1-15 (unstable)]
2) binutils-dev [2.20.51.20100925-1 (experimental, now) -> 2.20.1-15 (unstable)]
3) binutils-multiarch [2.20.51.20100925-1 (experimental, now) -> 2.20.1-15 (unstable)]
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] n
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Remove the following packages:
1) binutils-dev
2) kernel-patch-kdb
Downgrade the following packages:
3) binutils [2.20.51.20100925-1 (experimental, now) -> 2.20.1-15 (unstable)]
4) binutils-multiarch [2.20.51.20100925-1 (experimental, now) -> 2.20.1-15 (unstable)]
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] q
Abandoning all efforts to resolve these dependencies.
Abort.
a45:~#
....etc.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.36-rc6-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages linux-tools-2.6.36 depends on:
ii binutils 2.20.51.20100925-1 The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii libc6 2.11.2-6 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libelf1 0.148-1 library to read and write ELF file
Versions of packages linux-tools-2.6.36 recommends:
ii linux-base 2.6.36~rc6-1~experimental.1 Linux image base package
Versions of packages linux-tools-2.6.36 suggests:
ii linux-doc-2. 2.6.36~rc6-1~experimental.1 Linux kernel specific documentatio
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