[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#878878: default-dbus-session-bus: Not installable on non-Linux

[Samuel Thibault]

Hello,

It seems I missed the whole thread, so found the same issue
independently :)

Simon McVittie, on mar. 17 oct. 2017 16:21:06 +0100, wrote:
> Thanks. Hmm, so the error is:
> 
>     sbuild-build-depends-opencv-dummy : Depends: libgtk-3-dev but it is not going to be installed
> 
> which is amazingly helpful.

Adding  -o Debug::pkgProblemResolver=yes provides the useful
information:

Investigating (0) dconf-service:hurd-i386 < none -> 0.26.1-1 @un uN Ib >
Broken dconf-service:hurd-i386 Depends on default-dbus-session-bus:hurd-i386 < none @un H >
  Considering dbus-user-session:hurd-i386 0 as a solution to dconf-service:hurd-i386 7
  Holding Back dconf-service:hurd-i386 rather than change default-dbus-session-bus:hurd-i386
...

> The dependency chain:
> 
>     libgtk-3-dev Depends dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend
>     dconf-gsettings-backend Depends dconf-service
>     dconf-service Depends d-d-s-b | d-s-b
> 
> so we already have two layers of "if you accepted the alternative you'd
> be fine". I thought sbuild's allergy to alternatives only extended as
> far as direct dependencies?

That wouldn't be acceptable anyway, for the same reason as the direct
dependencies.

Samuel