Bug#772805: marked as done (linux-image-amd64: meta-package from backports tries to install nonexistent package)
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regarding linux-image-amd64: meta-package from backports tries to install nonexistent package
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Package: linux-image-amd64
Version: 3.16+62~bpo70+1
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
I tried to install linux-image-amd64 from wheezy-backports after a fresh installation, but the installation failed.
$ apt-get update 1>/dev/null
$ apt-cache policy linux-image-amd64
linux-image-amd64:
Installed: 3.2+46
Candidate: 3.2+46
Version table:
3.16+62~bpo70+1 0
100 http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ wheezy-backports/main amd64 Packages
*** 3.2+46 0
500 http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ wheezy/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
$ apt-get install linux-image-amd64 -t wheezy-backports
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
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:
linux-image-amd64 : Depends: linux-image-3.16-0.bpo.3-amd64 but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
$ apt-cache search linux-image-3.16
linux-headers-3.16.0-0.bpo.4-amd64 - Header files for Linux 3.16.0-0.bpo.4-amd64
linux-image-3.16.0-0.bpo.4-amd64 - Linux 3.16 for 64-bit PCs
linux-image-3.16.0-0.bpo.4-amd64-dbg - Debugging symbols for Linux 3.16.0-0.bpo.4-amd64
Thanks,
Holger
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.7
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages linux-image-amd64 depends on:
ii linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64 3.2.63-2+deb7u2
linux-image-amd64 recommends no packages.
linux-image-amd64 suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Holger Amann <holger@fehu.org> (2014-12-11):
> Package: linux-image-amd64
> Version: 3.16+62~bpo70+1
> Severity: important
>
> Dear Maintainer,
Hi Holger,
> I tried to install linux-image-amd64 from wheezy-backports after a
> fresh installation, but the installation failed.
See:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-backports/2014/12/msg00012.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-backports/2014/12/msg00013.html
https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=linux-latest&suite=wheezy-backports
Closing this bug report accordingly since things are in motion already.
Mraw,
KiBi.
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