On Fr, 2010-08-06 at 15:38 -0400, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 02:55:31PM -0400, Reinhard Tartler wrote: > > > In any case, Moritz has localized this issue: > > > > j...@galadriel:~$ sudo chroot chroots/lenny/ > > r...@galadriel:/# apt-get install libavformat52 libavcodec51 > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree > > Reading state information... Done > > libavcodec51 is already the newest version. > > libavcodec51 set to manually installed. > > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have > > requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable > > distribution that some required packages have not yet been created > > or been moved out of Incoming. > > The following information may help to resolve the situation: > > > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > > libavformat52: Breaks: libavcodec51 (< 3:0.svn20090303-1) but > > 0.svn20080206-18+lenny1 is to be installed > > E: Broken packages > > r...@galadriel:/# > > > > The breaks is in place to force apt to not install libavformat52 > > together with libavcodec51; The corresponding changelog entry is here: > > > > ffmpeg-debian (3:0.svn20090303-1) unstable; urgency=low > > > > [...] > > * The libavformat52 now links against libavcodec52, which breaks > > applications that *ALSO* link against libavcodec51. Adding a > > Breaks: libavcodec51 should prevent this and (hopefully) Closes: > > #516885. > > [...] > > > > -- Reinhard Tartler <siret...@tauware.de> Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:01:25 +0100 > > > > Now we are having other upgrade problems. hrmpf. > > > > any ideas what's the correct approach here? > > This smells like a apt bug, it seems to not parse the versioned Breaks > correctly? aptitude gets it right. > > Since all the packages in Squeeze have been recompiled and libavcodec51 > no longer exists, you might just as well drop the Breaks. AFAICT it was > needed for the transition, which is now done? > This would not be totally correct as libavcodec51 is in stable, and partial upgrades would break.
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