Bug#833694: libreoffice-gtk is no longer installable
tag 833694@ + pending
thanks
Hi,
On Mon, Aug 08, 2016 at 11:19:15AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2016-08-08 07:08:04 +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 08, 2016 at 12:58:45AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > > Source: libreoffice
> > > Version: 1:5.2.0-1
> > > Severity: grave
> > > Justification: renders package unusable
> >
> > No, it doesn't make the whole LO unusable. Even if it was completely gone.
>
> You're wrong. By package, it means here "libreoffice-gtk", which is
> completely unusable when one wants to install it as no longer there.
A package which is supposed to be gone can't be "unusable" because it's
not supposed to be used. Maybe you meant serious if you meant it being
"uninstallable"?
> > Yes, no longer built. You want libreoffice-gtk2. That clearly shows
> > that it's for old version of GTK and that current desktops want
> > Gtk3.
>
> OK, so that's a different issue: The libreoffice description is
> incorrect.
Partly, see below. When the transition is over -gtk should work again.
(But yeah, I fixed the description already:
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-openoffice/libreoffice.git/commit/?id=b5047f3a3e69f91b82926c403e0e13e52d461f01)
> No, the transition is already over. The problem is that the real -gtk2
the real -gtk.
-gtk2 is new.
The transition is ongoing _now_, for stretch. As we see there's a problem
as long as -gtk is still a real package.
> is still in stable, thus will not be gone before long (and even users
> under Debian/stable may still track oldstable for some reasons). And
> even if it is gone, libreoffice-gtk won't be installable since it is
> a virtual package, and things like "apt install" on a virtual package
> don't work[*]. You need to say what the real packages are, either say
No, it does.
When there's only one provider it will choose that one provider.
See e.g. [1]
(Right now not because the "real" one does still exist and apt prefers that.)
Regards,
Rene
[1]
$ sudo apt install libreoffice-grammarcheck-en-us
Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut.
Statusinformationen werden eingelesen.... Fertig
Note, selecting 'libreoffice-lightproof-en' instead of 'libreoffice-grammarcheck-en-us'
Die folgenden NEUEN Pakete werden installiert:
libreoffice-lightproof-en
0 aktualisiert, 1 neu installiert, 0 zu entfernen und 0 nicht aktualisiert.
Es müssen 19,9 kB an Archiven heruntergeladen werden.
Nach dieser Operation werden 119 kB Plattenplatz zusätzlich benutzt.
Holen: 1 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ jessie/main libreoffice-lightproof-en all 0.4.3+1.5+git20140515-1 [19,9 kB]
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