Bug#220858: apt: apt-get build-dep can issue spurious complaints about broken installation
Package: apt
Version: 0.5.14
Severity: normal
redwald:~# apt-get build-dep subversion
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
E: Some broken packages were found while trying to process build-dependencies for subversion.
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these.
redwald:~# apt-get -f install
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
I presume the problem is that subversion's build-dependencies are
unsatisfiable, but that's not what apt is telling me; instead, it's telling me
my system is busted, which by its own subsequent testimony is not the case.
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "powerpc";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Cache-Limit "16777216";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt/";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::userstatus "status.user";
Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/";
Dir::Cache::archives "archives/";
Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
Dir::Etc "etc/apt/";
Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d";
Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
DPkg::Tools "";
DPkg::Tools::Options "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2";
-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
# See sources.list(5) for more information, especialy
# Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs
# CDROMs are managed through the apt-cdrom tool.
# experimental
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ ../project/experimental main
deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ ../project/experimental main
# unstable
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free
deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free
# testing
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main
deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main
deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main
# stable
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main
deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main
deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main
# stable security
deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org stable/updates main
# testing security
deb http://security.debian.org testing/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org testing/updates main
# deb http://snapshot.debian.net/archive/2003/05/14/debian unstable main
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: powerpc
Kernel: Linux redwald 2.4.22-powerpc #1 Sat Oct 25 16:59:03 EST 2003 ppc
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:3.3.2-4 GCC support library
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.2-4 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
-- no debconf information
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