[pkg-netfilter-team] Bug#969207: Iptables/netbase dependency in backports makes ebtables uninstallable

[Alberto Molina Coballes]

On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 11:02:38AM +0100, ryan at synca.io wrote:
> Package: iptables
> Version: 1.8.5-3~bpo10+1
> 
> Installing iptables (1.8.5-3~bpo10+1) pulls in netbase > 6. This version of
> netbase has a dependency on ebtables that is not present in backports, and
> this therefore makes ebtables uninstallable.
> 
> This breaks some pretty important software (eg recent versions of
> kubernetes)
> 

Hi Ryan,

You're right, a new ebtables release solving this issue will be
uploaded to buster-backports based on ebtables 2.0.11-4 (testing)
ASAP.

Thanks for reporting

Alberto