Bug#725219: closed by Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org> (Re: Bug#725219: libreoffice: apt-get install libreoffice: wants to remove gnome)

[JS <jshaio@yahoo.com>]

There was an installed copy of libebook-1.2-13 that caused the problem; thanks for pinpointing that one.

Once it was removed and replaced with:
      ii  libebook-1.2-14                      3.8.5-2                 i386      

the problem went away:
=> apt-get --simulate install  libreoffice
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree 
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
   ...The following packages will be upgraded:
   gnome gnome-core libreoffice libreoffice-base libreoffice-base-core libreoffice-calc libreoffice-core libreoffice-draw libreoffice-gnome libreoffice-gtk
   libreoffice-impress libreoffice-math libreoffice-writer python-uno
  14 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2580 not upgraded.   <<<<<<<<<<


thanks

P.S. I'm well aware wheezy is stable and jessie is testing. By tracking testing instead of a specific release, I'll remain on
       testing even after those releases eventually transition to stable, without need to change sources.list


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From: Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>
To: JS <jshaio@yahoo.com>; 725219@bugs.debian.org 
Sent: Sunday, October 6, 2013 10:12 AM
Subject: Re: Bug#725219: closed by Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org> (Re: Bug#725219: libreoffice: apt-get install libreoffice: wants to remove gnome)


Hi,

On Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 06:20:17AM -0700, JS wrote:
>    Your explanation below is based on incorrect assumptions and I enclose

No, it's not. I read your report

>    showing the removal of gnome and gnome-core to show that the problem with
>    libreoffice remains even after every
>    libreoffice related package is at version 1:4.1.1-1/
>    1. My system tracks testing, not wheezy or jessie, so that as those

jessie IS testing. (until it's released)

And you have mix setiup because of this in your initial report:

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)


testing doesn't say "7.0", it says "jessie/sid":

$ cat jessie/etc/debian_version
jessie/sid

>    2. I depended on apt-get install libreoffice to update all the libreoffice
>    packages.

Yes, that is wrong. Use dist-upgrade. libreoffice is a dummy package and just
says what it striclyneeds, it doesn't enforce versions unless really needed.

> It missed these, which remained at 1.4.0-3:
>           libreoffice-emailmerge libreoffice-help-en-us libreoffice-ogltrans
>    libreoffice-pdfimport libreoffice-report-builder-bin
>        so I updated them individually just now and you can see only 1.4.1.1
>    libreoffice are present:

Wrong. The list in your original report says:

ii  uno-libs3                       4.1.0-5
ii  ure                             4.1.0-5

Not 4.1.1-1.

>    evolution evolution-data-server evolution-exchange evolution-plugins gnome
>       <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>      gnome-contacts gnome-core libfolks-eds25 task-gnome-desktop            
>         <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

That sounds like remains of the evolutionm-data-server transition. The new LO
of course needs the new libebook-1.2-14 which needs a newer evoluton-data-server installed
- as the new evolution-data-server conflicts against the old (libebook-1.2-13).

If you did a simply dist-upgrade (or upgrade all affected packages manually)
it will just work. If you manually install packages you easily get into this situation.

All dependencies are correct and if you had a clean testing both libreoffice and gnome
are perfectly co-installable.

Regards,

Rene