Debian testing - uninstallable packages
The debian FAQ (/usr/share/debian/FAQ) says the following:
: Packages are installed into the `testing' directory after they have undergone
: some degree of testing in unstable. They must be in sync on all architectures
: where they have been built and mustn't have dependencies that make them
: uninstallable; they also have to have fewer release-critical bugs than the
: versions currently in testing. This way, we hope that `testing' is always
: close to being a release candidate.
I have seen a problem with two packages that I wanted to install from
testing not being installable. These were gnumeric and gnucash, so I
raised bug reports about them.
I realise that there may be other packages that are also
uninstallable, so I wrote a script that parses /var/lib/dpkg/available
and lists those packages that have unmet dependencies or suggest
packages that are not available. The script only checks the package
names, not the version numbers.
Package Relation Dependency (not available)
------- -------- --------------------------
glcpu depends on libcommonc++1
gnucash depends on libguile9
gnucash depends on guile1.4
gnucash depends on guile1.4-slib
gnucash depends on libgwrapguile0
gnumeric depends on libgal4
mozilla depends on mozilla-browser
mozilla depends on mozilla-mailnews
roxen-ssl depends on pike-crypto
sphinx2-bin depends on sphinx2-hmm-6k
Package Relation Suggestion (not available)
------- -------- --------------------------
alsa-base suggests alsadriver
alsa-utils suggests alsadriver
alsa-utils-0.4 suggests alsadriver
alsa-utils-0.5 suggests alsadriver
ant suggests jmf
aolserver suggests aolserver-postgres
aolserver suggests openacs
atool suggests bzip
cbedic suggests kbedic
cdrtoaster suggests mkisofs
cpuburn suggests kernel-patch-badram
crafty suggests craftywatcher
cvsbook suggests cvs-doc
cxterm-gb suggests intlfonts-chinese
cxterm-jis suggests intlfonts-japanese
dsh suggests update-cluster
dstooltk suggests dstool-doc
dstooltk suggests dstool
e2ps suggests easypr
emacs-dl-wnn suggests wnn
emacspeak-ss suggests dtlk
fidogate suggests ifcico-cm
freewrl suggests xswallow
ftape-util suggests ftape-module
funnelweb suggests task-devel-common
fweb suggests ratfor77
gap4-doc-dvi suggests gap4
gap4-doc-html suggests gap4
gap4-doc-ps suggests gap4
gcc-2.95 suggests task-devel-common
glide2-bin suggests device3dfx-module
gnats suggests gnats-tk
gnats suggests gnatsweb
gnats-user suggests gnatsweb
gnome-help suggests gnome-users-guide-en
gnustep-make suggests gnustep-base
gobjc-2.95 suggests task-objc-devel
gobjc-3.0 suggests task-objc-devel
gqview suggests xv
harden-tools suggests lids
honyaku-el suggests honyakudamashii-server
hylafax-client suggests mgetty-viewfax
hylafax-server suggests mgetty
iconc suggests icon-ipl
icont suggests icon-ipl
icu-docs suggests libicu-dev
isdnutils suggests mgetty
isdnutils suggests isdnbutton
jmon suggests update-cluster
juke suggests psgplay
junior-art suggests task-junior
junior-games-card suggests task-junior
junior-games-gl suggests task-junior
junior-games-net suggests task-junior
junior-games-sim suggests task-junior
junior-games-text suggests task-junior
junior-internet suggests task-junior
junior-math suggests task-junior
junior-puzzle suggests task-junior
junior-sound suggests task-junior
junior-system suggests task-junior
junior-toys suggests task-junior
junior-typing suggests task-junior
kde-i18n-* suggests task-kde
kdelibs3 suggests anti-aliasing-howto
kdevelop suggests sgmltools
kernel-doc-2.2.13 suggests kernel-image-2.2.13
kernel-patch-2.2.18-openwall suggests kernel-source-2.2.18
kernel-patch-2.4.0-reiserfs suggests kernel-source-2.4.0
kernel-patch-int suggests kernel-source-2.2.15
kernel-patch-xfs-core suggests kernel-source-2.4.5
kernel-source-2.2.19 suggests task-tcltk-dev
kernel-source-2.4.7 suggests task-tcltk-dev
kmail suggests kmailplugin
langdrill suggests intlfonts-japanese
lib-rxtx-java suggests jdk-common
lib-xslp-java suggests lib-fesi-java
libadolc1-doc suggests libadolc1-dev
libasound0.4 suggests alsadriver
libasound1 suggests alsadriver
libasound2 suggests alsadriver
libcdk-dev suggests libcdk-example
libecasound7 suggests mp3-encoder
libglide2 suggests device3dfx-module
libglide3 suggests device3dfx-module
libhonyaku-damashii-ruby suggests honyaku-damashii-server
libmagick5-dev suggests freetype6-dev
libqt2 suggests anti-aliasing-howto
librx1-altdev suggests rx1g-dev
libssrp-dev suggests netkit-rpc
libvdk1-dev suggests doxygen
lire suggests xalan
lm-sensors suggests i2c
lm-sensors suggests lm-sensors-mod
lpr-ppd suggests printfilters-ppd
memtest86 suggests memtest
memtest86 suggests kernel-patch-badram
mozilla suggests mozilla-xmlterm
mozilla suggests mozilla-chatzilla
mpich suggests update-cluster
mule2-canna-wnn suggests wnn
mule2-wnn suggests wnn
netbase suggests netkit-rpc
netscape-base-4 suggests plugger
ocaml-tools suggests emacs
opalmod suggests oamg
openacs-doc suggests openacs
pgp4pine suggests pine | pine396-src
povray suggests povray-manual
python2-imaging-tk suggests python2-imaging-doc
python2-numeric-tutorial suggests python2-imaging-doc
rarpd suggests update-cluster
remind suggests tcl
roxen suggests roxen-fonts-iso8859-1 | roxen-fonts-iso8859-2
sgml-data suggests osp
slapd suggests openldap-guide
spamfilter suggests spamdb
speak-freely suggests xv
starplot suggests starplot-data
swig1.3 suggests swig1.3-doc
tramp suggests mimencode
user-de suggests task-german
vreng suggests wbd
xftp suggests archie
zmailer suggests mail-user-agent
--
Andrew.
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Andrew M. Bishop amb@gedanken.demon.co.uk
http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/
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