[Aptitude-devel] Bug#799918: Bug#799918: apt-get proves I am innocent

[Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo]

2015-10-08 13:30 GMT+01:00 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni at jidanni.org>:
> reopen 799918
> found 799918 0.7.3-1
> thanks
>
> OK now full-upgrade prints "- libgdal1i, but 1.11.3+dfsg-1~exp1 is to be installed." twice! On the same line too.
> (Note I always use the CLI aptitude and never curses.)
>
>  qgis : Depends: libgdal.so.1-1.11.2 which is a virtual package, provided by:
>                   - libgdal1i, but 1.11.3+dfsg-1~exp1 is to be installed.                  - libgdal1i, but 1.11.3+dfsg-1~exp1 is to be installed.
> The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
>
>      Remove the following packages:
> 1)     qgis
>
>
>
> Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] n
> The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
>
>      Keep the following packages at their current version:
> 1)     gdal-bin [1.11.2+dfsg-3 (now)]
> 2)     libgdal1i [1.11.2+dfsg-3 (now)]
> 3)     python-gdal [1.11.2+dfsg-3 (now)]
>
>
>
> Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] n
> The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
>
>      Upgrade the following packages:
> 1)     gdal-bin [1.11.2+dfsg-3 (now) -> 1.11.2+dfsg-3+b1 (unstable)]
> 2)     libgdal1i [1.11.2+dfsg-3 (now) -> 1.11.2+dfsg-3+b1 (unstable)]
> 3)     python-gdal [1.11.2+dfsg-3 (now) -> 1.11.2+dfsg-3+b1 (unstable)]
>
>
>
> Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] Y
>
> And indeed above there is now a glimmer of hope now, so we take it.
>
> Only to have our hopes dashed when a second run of full-upgrade shows
> that the above "following actions will resolve these dependencies" did
> not resolve anything:
>
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>   libhdf5-8{a} (D: libgdal1i) (for libgdal1i)
> The following packages will be upgraded:
>   gdal-bin  libgdal1i  python-gdal
> 3 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
> Need to get 0 B/6,291 kB of archives. After unpacking 4,027 kB will be used.
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  qgis : Depends: libgdal.so.1-1.11.2 which is a virtual package, provided by:
>                   - libgdal1i, but 1.11.3+dfsg-1~exp1 is to be installed.
> The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
>
>      Remove the following packages:
> 1)     qgis
>
>
> Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] n
> The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
>
>      Keep the following packages at their current version:
> 1)     gdal-bin [1.11.2+dfsg-3+b1 (now, unstable)]
> 2)     libgdal1i [1.11.2+dfsg-3+b1 (now, unstable)]
> 3)     python-gdal [1.11.2+dfsg-3+b1 (now, unstable)]
>
> Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] n
>
> *** No more solutions available ***
>
> At least this time the twice printing is now once.
>
> MAFM> we could improve the message the main problem would remain, and
> MAFM> that is that the packages in their current state are not
> MAFM> installable anyway, and there is nothing that we can do from
> MAFM> aptitude's side to get it installed in your system.
>
> Then there is indeed a bug that should be reported to the package owner,
> and the message should say so. Also apt-get should say that a bug should
> be reported to the package owner.


Just an idea: try to see if you can do as #802170 (the library from
experimental didn't work, he had to downgrade to testing).


-- 
Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo <manuel.montezelo at gmail.com>