Bug#37592: dselect automatically deselects libc6 and essential packages
> I tried to upgrade my system from slink to potato and found a problem > in dselect. After pressing Enter in [S]elect to leave the select screen, > dselect wants to deselect libc6 and all packages that depend on it (which > is almost any package - including essential ones!). > > After some testing I found that the problem is caused by the devscripts > package: > > # dpkg -s devscripts > Package: devscripts > [...] > Version: 2.2.4 > Depends: dpkg-dev, netstd, patch, perl > Recommends: dupload, libtricks | fakeroot, lintian > Suggests: debian-keyring, pgp, libmd5-perl, perl-suid > Conflicts: debmake (<< 3.5) > > As you can see, devscripts recommends "libtricks | fakeroot". libtricks > can't be installed with the new libc6 because ... > > # dpkg -s libc6 > Package: libc6 > [...] > Version: 2.1.1-3 > Conflicts: [...], libtricks, apt (<< 0.3.0) > > ... libc6 conflicts with it. So the only way to satisfy devscript's > recommendations would be to install fakeroot. > > This situation causes the problem: When fakeroot is not installed and > you try to install devscripts, dselect automatically deselects libc6 and > all the other packages (instead of just selecting fakeroot). > > [...] > > No problems occur if you remove libtricks from libc6's conflict line or > from devscript's recommends line in /var/lib/dpkg/status. A possible > workaround would be for devscript to just recommend fakeroot but I think > it's better to solve the real problem. Let's get something working in the meantime. First question: if devscripts is modified so that it recommends fakeroot | libtricks (opposite order), does that help? That could be a clue to fixing the problem. I will upload a devscripts which recommends only fakeroot in the meantime. libtricks in potato Provides: fakeroot, so devscripts doesn't need to mention libtricks. Although how useful libtricks will be given the situation remains unclear. Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -*- Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for my PGP public key. -*-
Bug#37592: dselect automatically deselects libc6 and essential packages
Package: dpkg Version: 1.4.1.1 Severity: grave I tried to upgrade my system from slink to potato and found a problem in dselect. After pressing Enter in [S]elect to leave the select screen, dselect wants to deselect libc6 and all packages that depend on it (which is almost any package - including essential ones!). After some testing I found that the problem is caused by the devscripts package: # dpkg -s devscripts Package: devscripts [...} Version: 2.2.4 Depends: dpkg-dev, netstd, patch, perl Recommends: dupload, libtricks | fakeroot, lintian Suggests: debian-keyring, pgp, libmd5-perl, perl-suid Conflicts: debmake (<< 3.5) As you can see, devscripts recommends "libtricks | fakeroot". libtricks can't be installed with the new libc6 because ... # dpkg -s libc6 Package: libc6 [...] Version: 2.1.1-3 Replaces: libc6-dev (<< 2.0.110-1), ldso (<< 1.9.10-1.1), timezone, timezones, l ibdb2, locales (<< 2.1.1-1) Pre-Depends: ldso (>= 1.8.10-1) Recommends: gconv-modules, locales Suggests: nscd, glibc-doc Conflicts: libc5 (<< 5.4.33-7), libpthread0 (<< 0.7-10), libstdc++2.8 (= 2.90.29 -1), libstdc++2.9 (<< 2.91.59-2), timezone, timezones, libwcsmbs, libc6-doc, lib tricks, apt (<< 0.3.0) ... libc6 conflicts with it. So the only way to satisfy devscript's recommendations would be to install fakeroot. This situation causes the problem: When fakeroot is not installed and you try to install devscripts, dselect automatically deselects libc6 and all the other packages (instead of just selecting fakeroot). I can 100% reproduce this situation: I just have to purge fakeroot and devscripts, enter dselect and select devscripts again. No problems occur if you remove libtricks from libc6's conflict line or from devscript's recommends line in /var/lib/dpkg/status. A possible workaround would be for devscript to just recommend fakeroot but I think it's better to solve the real problem. -- Stefan Gybas
