Public bug reported:

To reproduce:

Simply fire up Synaptic and try installing libpng12-dev.

The message I get is:

libpng12-dev:
  Depends: libpng12-0 (=1.2.15~beta5-2build1) but 1.2.15~beta5-2ubuntu0.1 is to 
be installed

I think this is due to a security upgrade of  libpng12. The dependencies
of libpng12-dev do not seem it match the upgrade. Please correct me if
I'm in the wrong.

Additional Info:

[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=7.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=gutsy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 7.10"

[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ dpkg -l libpng12-0 | cat
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-f/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/t-aWait/T-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version                 Description
+++-==============-=======================-============================================
ii  libpng12-0     1.2.15~beta5-2ubuntu0.1 PNG library - runtime


[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ dpkg -l libpng12-dev | cat
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-f/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/t-aWait/T-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version        Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
un  libpng12-dev   <none>         (no description available)

** Affects: libpng (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Cannot install libpng12-dev due to dependancy on older libpng12-0.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/187682
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