reassign 964477 apt thanks On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 06:58:33PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > On 2020-07-19 18:48, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > > Hello Aurelien, > > sorry for answering late, I was a few days offline. > > > > On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 09:45:55PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > > > On 2020-07-07 21:04, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > > > > Package: libc6-dev > > > > Version: 2.28-10 > > > > Severity: important > > > > > > > > Until a few hours ago I run stable. Switching sources to testing and > > > > then > > > > apt-get update > > > > apt-get upgrade > > > > > > > > worked. Now: > > > > > > > > apt-get dist-ugprade tells me the following: > > > > > > > > root@samd:~# LC_ALL=C apt-get dist-upgrade > > > > Reading package lists... Done > > > > Building dependency tree > > > > Reading state information... Done > > > > Calculating upgrade... Error! > > > > 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: > > > > libc6-dev : Breaks: libgcc-8-dev (< 8.4.0-2~) but 8.3.0-6 is to be > > > > installed > > > > E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be > > > > caused by held packages. > > > > > > This break entry is correct, if we remove it gcc-8 will be left > > > potentially broken after the upgrade. I have no idea how it can be fixed > > > on the glibc side. > > > > Who would be the best party to fix this? (Sorry, at the moment I don't > > have a clue what causes this problem). > > I guess apt developers might be able to help there. > > > > > If I try to remove either libc6-dev or libgcc-8-dev then a long list of > > > > programms is scheduled for deinstallation, e.g. lots of KDE, okular, > > > > libreoffice etc. > > > > > > Have you tried installing gcc-defaults from testing before starting the > > > upgrade? > > > > I did an upgrade today (dist-upgrade is still broken) and for some > > strange reason I cannot install gcc-defaults: > > > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree > > Reading state information... Done > > E: Unable to locate package gcc-defaults > > > > I also get this in an current (unrelated) sid chroot. Strange. > > Oops sorry. gcc-defaults is the source package. You should try with one > of the corresponding binary packages, like gcc or g++.
Ok, then this is not another local problem.
However, it does not help. Installing gcc brings in a few packages but
then dist-upgrade fails again the same way. g++ is already at the
latest version.
I reassign this bug to apt as suggested.
Thanks for your support.
Greetings
Helge
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