Bug#782505: libxrender1 still blocks *all* security updates on affected systems
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Marc Wilson
> On Apr 28, 2015, at 8:11 AM, Toomas Tamm <tt-deb@kky.ttu.ee> wrote:
>
> As of 28-apr-2015 (11 days after the bug was claimed fixed), on systems
> where both 32- and 64-bit libxrender1 is installed, all upgrades
> remain blocked due to this bug. For example, the kernel security fix
> of 27-apr-2015 does not get installed on affected systems.
>
> ---- Affected system: ----
>
> # apt-get upgrade
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> libxrender1 : Breaks: libxrender1:i386 (!= 1:0.9.7-1+deb7u1) but 1:0.9.7-1+deb7u1+b1 is installed
> libxrender1:i386 : Breaks: libxrender1 (!= 1:0.9.7-1+deb7u1+b1) but 1:0.9.7-1+deb7u1 is installed
> E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
>
> ---- Unaffected system: ----
>
> # apt-get upgrade
> Reading package lists...
> Building dependency tree...
> Reading state information...
> The following packages will be upgraded:
> linux-headers-3.2.0-4-amd64 linux-headers-3.2.0-4-common
> linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64 linux-libc-dev
> 4 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> Need to get 28.5 MB of archives.
> After this operation, 9,490 kB of additional disk space will be used.
> [snip]
>
> IMO this deserves "grave" classification and appropriate handling
> because unrelated software is affected and security fixes do not get
> installed.
>
> If manual intervention is needed, please provide appropriate
> instructions at bugs.debian.org.
>
> Regards,
>
> Toomas Tamm
> Estonia
>
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