Bug#747928: libglib2.0-dev: fails to configure - unmet "python:any" dependency

[Lionel Elie Mamane]

On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 05:23:09AM +0200, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote:
> Package: libglib2.0-dev
> Version: 2.40.0-3
> Severity: serious

> libglib2.0-dev fails to configure:

> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libglib2.0-dev:
>  libglib2.0-dev depends on python:any (>= 2.6.6-7~).

> Well, the package name is "python", not "python:any". I thought it
> might be related to multiarch and maybe a newer dpkg would parse the
> "python:any", but nope, even with dpkg from unstable, still same error
> message.

Upgrading *python* helped. So it seems there is a missing dependency
on new-enough python. See e.g. https://bugs.debian.org/724705 for a
similar situation.