Bug#241099: libpango1.0-dev: Cannot install package

[J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)]

On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 19:25:35 +0100, Grahame wrote:
> libpango1.0-dev: Depends: libpango1.0-0 (= 1.2.5-2.1) but 1.4.0-1 is to be
> installed

>   APT prefers unstable
>   APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')

On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 23:14:18 +0200, Sebastien Bacher wrote:
> There is no bug here,

I agree. libpango1.0-dev's dependencies in both sid and experimental are
sane.

> could you provide more details ? I'm setting the severity to normal and
> wait for details since apparently there is no bug here.

My guess is that the submitter has installed a GNOME package from
experimental (i.e. a package that depends on pango 1.4) and is now trying to
install libpango1.0-dev. As the policy settings are to prefer unstable, no
libpango1.0-dev is available that can coexist with the installed
libpango1.0-0, and install of the experimental one should be requested, e.g.
via "apt-get -t experimental install libpango1.0-dev".

Ray

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