[Pkg-matrix-maintainers] Bug#919450: matrix-synapse package is broken, unsatisfied dependencies

[Andrej Shadura]

Hi,

On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 at 06:12, Aleks-Daniel Jakimenko-Aleksejev
<alex.jakimenko at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Package: matrix-synapse
> Version: 0.34.1.1-1
> Severity: grave
>
>
> After upgrading the package matrix-synapse is unable to start.
>
> This is what I see in the log (journalctl -xe):
>
> Jan 16 07:03:12 foo python3[3896]: ERROR:root:Needed pymacaroons-pynacl>=0.9.3 but it was not installed
> Jan 16 07:03:12 foo python3[3896]: ERROR:root:Needed msgpack-python>=0.4.2 but it was not installed
> Jan 16 07:03:12 foo python3[3896]: ERROR:root:Needed prometheus_client>=0.0.18,<0.4.0, got prometheus-client==0.5.0
> Jan 16 07:03:12 foo python3[3896]: Missing Requirements: python3-pymacaroons-pynacl>=0.9.3, python3-msgpack-python>=0.4.2, python3-prometheus_client>=0.0.18,<0.4.0
> Jan 16 07:03:12 foo python3[3896]: To install run:
> Jan 16 07:03:12 foo python3[3896]:     sudo apt install python3-pymacaroons-pynacl>=0.9.3 python3-msgpack-python>=0.4.2 python3-prometheus_client>=0.0.18,<0.4.0
> Jan 16 07:03:12 foo systemd[1]: matrix-synapse.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
>
>
>
> Looking at one of the packages:
>
> $ apt-cache policy python3-prometheus-client
>
> python3-prometheus-client:
>   Installed: 0.5.0+1-1
>   Candidate: 0.5.0+1-1
>   Version table:
>  *** 0.5.0+1-1 500
>         400 http://ftp.ee.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 Packages
>         500 http://ftp.ee.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>      0.0.18-1 500
>         500 http://ftp.ee.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 Packages
>
>
> So matrix-synapse requires a version that is not in debian repos, and the package
> does not seem to restrict the version, so it resulted in broken matrix instance after upgrade.

Huh! No idea how this slipped through. Will fix immediately.

-- 
Cheers,
  Andrej