[Aptitude-devel] Bug#676365: iceweasel: Cannot install: depends on libnspr4

[Mike Hommey]

reassign 676365 aptitude
thanks

On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 10:44:12AM -0300, Yuri Alexandre Aoto wrote:
> Package: iceweasel
> Version: 13.0
> Severity: important
> 
> 
> When trying to install the new version of iceweasel, from backport, the following message appear:
> 
> ---------------
> 
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>   iceweasel libmozjs13d{a} libnspr4{ab} libvpx1{a} xulrunner-13.0{a} 
> 0 packages upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 129 not upgraded.
> Need to get 16.6 MB of archives. After unpacking 37.6 MB will be used.
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   libnspr4: Conflicts: libnspr4-0d (< 2:4.9-2~) but 4.8.6-1 is installed and it is kept back.
> The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
> 
>      Keep the following packages at their current version:
> 1)     iceweasel [Not Installed]                          
> 2)     libnspr4 [Not Installed]                           
> 3)     xulrunner-13.0 [Not Installed]                     
> 
> 
> 
> Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] Y
> No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
> 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 129 not upgraded.
> Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.
> 
> --------------
> 
> It seems that the dependence of iceweasel should be on libnspr4-0d  (< 2:4.9-2~), important to others packages. 

It seems aptitude has a hard time with these dependencies when apt-get
is just happy with them.

For the aptitude maintainer:
- on a squeeze system install iceweasel
- add deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main
  to /etc/apt/source.list
- add deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ squeeze-backports iceweasel-release
  to /etc/apt/source.list
- upgrade iceweasel

Mike