Bug#506629: apt: Apparently incorrect decision or error description
Package: apt
Version: 0.7.18
Severity: normal
The problem is on an OpenMoko FreeRunner using the fso-pkg repository
(which only exists as "unstable") as well as the normal Debian "testing"
repository.
See below a reproduction of a shell session showing that apt-get
refuses to install a package for reasons that are simply not true:
all the packages claimed as "not going to be installed" are already
installed and with a recent enough version.
So either the decision is incorrect, or the error message is incorrect.
Stefan
# apt-get install fso-frameworkd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
fso-frameworkd: Depends: python (>= 2.5) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: python-support (>= 0.7.1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: python-serial but it is not going to be installed
Depends: python-yaml but it is not going to be installed
Depends: python-gst0.10 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: python-dbus but it is not going to be installed
Depends: alsa-utils but it is not going to be installed
Depends: fso-frameworkd-wireless-glue but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
# dpkg -l python python-support python-serial python-yaml python-gst0.10 python-dbus alsa-utils fso-frameworkd-wireless-glue apt
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-========================-========================-================================================================
ii alsa-utils 1.0.16-2 ALSA utilities
ii apt 0.7.18 Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii fso-frameworkd-wireless- 0.8.4.3-20081118-2 freesmartphone.org Framework Daemon - wireless glue
ii python 2.5.2-3 An interactive high-level object-oriented language (default vers
ii python-dbus 0.82.4-2 simple interprocess messaging system (Python interface)
ii python-gst0.10 0.10.12-1.1 generic media-playing framework (Python bindings)
ii python-serial 2.3-1 pyserial - module encapsulating access for the serial port
ii python-support 0.8.4 automated rebuilding support for Python modules
ii python-yaml 3.05-2 YAML parser and emitter for Python
#
-- Package-specific info:
-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --
-- (/etc/apt/sources.list present, but not submitted) --
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: armel
-- no debconf information
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