Package: apt
Version: 0.8.5
Severity: normal
On a almost entirely still untouched squeeze system I just installed, this
unexpectedness happens when I want to install postfix.
root@mouse:/etc>apt-get -o Debug::pkgProblemResolver=true install postfix
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Starting
Starting 2
Investigating (0) exim4 [ i386 ] < 4.72-1 > ( mail )
Broken exim4:i386 Depends on exim4-daemon-light [ i386 ] < 4.72-1 > ( mail )
Considering exim4-daemon-light:i386 1 as a solution to exim4:i386 19
Added exim4-daemon-light:i386 to the remove list
Broken exim4:i386 Depends on exim4-daemon-heavy [ i386 ] < none -> 4.72-1 > ( mail )
Considering exim4-daemon-heavy:i386 1 as a solution to exim4:i386 19
Try Installing exim4-daemon-heavy [ i386 ] < none -> 4.72-1 > ( mail ) before changing exim4:i386
Fixing exim4:i386 via keep of exim4-daemon-light:i386
Investigating (0) exim4-daemon-light [ i386 ] < 4.72-1 > ( mail )
Broken exim4-daemon-light:i386 Conflicts on mail-transport-agent [ i386 ] < none > ( none )
Conflicts//Breaks against version 1.27-1 for xmail but that is not InstVer, ignoring
Conflicts//Breaks against version 2.64-4 for ssmtp but that is not InstVer, ignoring
Conflicts//Breaks against version 8.14.3-9.2 for sendmail-bin but that is not InstVer, ignoring
Conflicts//Breaks against version 2.7.1-1 for postfix but that is not InstVer, ignoring
Conflicts//Breaks against version 1:1.04-1.2 for nullmailer but that is not InstVer, ignoring
Conflicts//Breaks against version 1.4.21-1 for msmtp-mta but that is not InstVer, ignoring
Conflicts//Breaks against version 0.2.27-1 for masqmail but that is not InstVer, ignoring
Considering exim4-daemon-heavy:i386 1 as a solution to exim4-daemon-light:i386 1
Removing exim4-daemon-light:i386 rather than change mail-transport-agent:i386
Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
exim4-daemon-light
The following NEW packages will be installed:
exim4-daemon-heavy
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/509kB of archives.
After this operation, 111kB of additional disk space will be used.
aptitude has no trouble finding the obvious solution.
root@mouse:/etc>aptitude install postfix
The following NEW packages will be installed:
postfix{b}
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 1,326kB of archives. After unpacking 3,273kB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
exim4-config: Conflicts: postfix but 2.7.1-1 is to be installed.
postfix: Conflicts: mail-transport-agent which is a virtual package.
exim4-daemon-light: Conflicts: mail-transport-agent which is a virtual package.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Remove the following packages:
1) exim4
2) exim4-base
3) exim4-config
4) exim4-daemon-light
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?]
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii debian-archive-keyring 2010.08.28 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a
ii gnupg 1.4.10-4 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep
ii libc6 2.11.2-6 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.4.4-15 GCC support library
ii libstdc++6 4.4.4-15 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime
apt recommends no packages.
Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn apt-doc <none> (no description available)
ii aptitude 0.6.3-3.1 terminal-based package manager (te
ii bzip2 1.0.5-6 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii dpkg-dev 1.15.8.5 Debian package development tools
ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in
ii python-apt 0.7.97.1 Python interface to libapt-pkg
ii synaptic 0.70~pre1+b1 Graphical package manager
-- no debconf information
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