python3-click-package : Conflicts: python3-click but 6.6-1 is to be installed

Bug #1693488 reported by Ads20000
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
click (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
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Bug Description

On `sudo apt update ; sudo apt upgrade` I got the following 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.
 python3-click-package : Conflicts: python3-click but 6.6-1 is to be installed
E: Broken packages
```

I have the -proposed repository enabled but Software Updater wasn't installing a certain update to fix bug 1672424 even before I enabled -proposed, so I'm guessing that's because this broken package blocked the update.

I fixed this issue by using `apt policy` to check the two packages mentioned, that showed me that `python3-click` was not installed, I ran `sudo apt install python3-click` which removed `click` (is that an issue?!), `python3-click-package`, and installed `python3-click` and `python3-colorama`. This allowed me to run `sudo apt upgrade` successfully.

Although I've resolved the issue (albeit by removing packages that maybe shouldn't be removed?), presumably users shouldn't be expected to resolve this sort of problem normally? I have some PPAs enabled (for KDE Connect Indicator, Wine, Spotify, OBS, Neofetch, get-iplayer, Yarn).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: python3-click-package (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-22.24-generic 4.10.15
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7
Date: Thu May 25 12:38:42 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-11-01 (204 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2)
SourcePackage: click
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-04-17 (38 days ago)

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Ads20000 (ads20000) wrote :
description: updated
tags: added: unmetdeps
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in click (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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dinamic (dinamic6661) wrote :

same here on 16.04

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 python3-click-package : Conflicts: python3-click but 6.2-2ubuntu1 is to be installed
E: Broken packages

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