Bug#1030190: mplayer uninstallable
Control: reassign -1 src:mplayer
Control: forcemerge 1004579 -1
On 2023-02-01 09:13 +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> Package: mplayer
> Version: 2:1.4+ds1-3+b2
> Severity: critical
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> mplayer : Depends: libavcodec58 (>= 7:4.4) which is a virtual package and is not provided by any available package
> Depends: libavformat58 (>= 7:4.4) which is a virtual package and is not provided by any available package
> Depends: libavutil56 (>= 7:4.4) which is a virtual package and is not provided by any available package
> Depends: libpostproc55 (>= 7:4.4) which is a virtual package and is not provided by any available package
> Depends: libswresample3 (>= 7:4.4) which is a virtual package and is not provided by any available package
> Depends: libswscale5 (>= 7:4.4) which is a virtual package and is not provided by any available package
>
> The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
>
> Keep the following packages at their current version:
> 1) mplayer [Not Installed]
>
> *** No more solutions available ***
>
> In sources.list I have
> deb http://.../debian/ unstable main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Yep, the package is not installable because it FTBFS[1]. That does not
make the bug critical[2] though - a not installed package does not break
anything beyond itself and its reverse dependencies.
Use mpv instead of mplayer, it works.
Cheers,
Sven
1. https://bugs.debian.org/1004579
2. https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#severities
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