[Pkg-zsh-devel] Bug#769140: Bug#769140: zsh: Unable to Install zsh

[Axel Beckert]

Control: forcemerge 768937 -1

Hi,

Christopher Reichert wrote:
> I am getting the following error when installing zsh:
[...]
>  zsh : Depends: zsh-common (= 5.0.7-3+b1) but 5.0.7-3 is to be installed
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Yes. This is known and being worked on. See
https://bugs.debian.org/768937 for details.

> I've tried this over the past few days with no luck. I've also tried with
> `aptitude install` which cannot resolve the issue.

Yes, because the generated dependencies contradict itself. See
https://bugs.debian.org/747141 for the reason for these conflicting
dependencies.

		Regards, Axel
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