Bug#711050: libpango-1.0-0: Dependencies problem on upgrade

[Michele Cane]

Hi,

On Tue, 2013-06-04 at 13:41 +0200, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
> On 04/06/13 13:16, Michele Cane wrote:
> >> sudo aptitude dist-upgrade
> > 
> > The following NEW packages will be installed:
> >   libharfbuzz0a{ab} 
> > The following packages will be upgraded:
> >   libpango-1.0-0 libpango1.0-0 libpangocairo-1.0-0 libpangoft2-1.0-0
> > libpangoxft-1.0-0 
> > 5 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> > Need to get 1,362 kB of archives. After unpacking 689 kB will be used.
> > The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> >  libharfbuzz0a : Breaks: libharfbuzz0 but 0.9.17-4 is installed.
> 
> Right there is the problem. libharfbuzz0a breaks/replaces (and rightfully does
> so) libharfbuzz0. That should be fine, aptitude should resolve to uninstall
> libharfbuzz0. Do you have something installed that depends on libharfbuzz0 other
> than pango? What happens if you say No to aptitude's proposed solution? Does it
> offer another option that is satisfiable (i.e. that will remove libharfbuzz0 but
> not half of your system). Keep saying No until aptitude finds the right solution.
> 

All the options proposed by aptitude are the one that I posted in my
previous mail and non of the is satisfactory. 
Probably is due to the gnome packages that I have installed from
experimental.

Cheers

Mike



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