Control: retitle -1 libdebuginfod1t64 dependency problem makes dpkg fail with attempt of removal of libdebuginfod-common
On 2024-03-07 11:28:21 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > When I wanted to upgrade, this ended up with > > dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of libdebuginfod-common: > libdebuginfod1t64:amd64 depends on libdebuginfod-common (>= 0.190-1.1). > > dpkg: error processing package libdebuginfod-common (--purge): > dependency problems - not removing > (Reading database ... 655945 files and directories currently installed.) > Errors were encountered while processing: > libdebuginfod-common Well, the issue just seems to be a dpkg failure. "apt install -f" shows nothing to fix. So I'm wondering why dpkg wanted to remove libdebuginfod-common. FYI, I did the upgrade via aptitude, and this package wasn't proposed for removal. In /var/log/aptitude, after discarding the HOLD lines (which correspond to no changes for these packages): Aptitude 0.8.13: log report Thu, Mar 7 2024 11:24:24 +0100 IMPORTANT: this log only lists intended actions; actions which fail due to dpkg problems may not be completed. Will install 15 packages, and remove 6 packages. 5096 kB of disk space will be freed ======================================== [...] [INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libasm1t64:amd64 0.190-1.1 [INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libdebuginfod1t64:amd64 0.190-1.1 [INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libdw1t64:amd64 0.190-1.1 [INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libelf1t64:amd64 0.190-1.1 [INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libglib2.0-0t64:amd64 2.78.4-3 [REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] libasm1:amd64 0.190-1+b1 [REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] libdebuginfod1:amd64 0.190-1+b1 [REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] libdw1:amd64 0.190-1+b1 [REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] libelf1:amd64 0.190-1+b1 [REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] libglib2.0-0:amd64 2.78.4-1 [REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] libglib2.0-0-dbgsym:amd64 2.78.4-1 [...] [UPGRADE] elfutils:amd64 0.190-1+b1 -> 0.190-1.1 [UPGRADE] gir1.2-freedesktop:amd64 1.78.1-15 -> 1.78.1-16 [UPGRADE] gir1.2-freedesktop-dev:amd64 1.78.1-15 -> 1.78.1-16 [UPGRADE] gir1.2-girepository-2.0:amd64 1.78.1-15 -> 1.78.1-16 [UPGRADE] gir1.2-glib-2.0:amd64 1.78.1-15 -> 1.78.1-16 [UPGRADE] gir1.2-glib-2.0-dev:amd64 1.78.1-15 -> 1.78.1-16 [UPGRADE] libelf-dev:amd64 0.190-1+b1 -> 0.190-1.1 [UPGRADE] libglib2.0-bin:amd64 2.78.4-1 -> 2.78.4-3 [UPGRADE] libglib2.0-dev:amd64 2.78.4-1 -> 2.78.4-3 [UPGRADE] libglib2.0-dev-bin:amd64 2.78.4-1 -> 2.78.4-3 ======================================== -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)