burn depends on unavailable packages

[Jeremy Wahl]

When I try to install burn with APT, I get the following error message:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
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.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  burn: Depends: cdrecord (>= 4:2.01+01a01-2)
        Depends: mkisofs (>= 4:2.01+01a01-2)
E: Broken packages

This package should depend on wodim and genisoimage, respectively.

[Jeremy Wahl (thaluser)]

This problem can be fixed by changing cdrecord to wodim and mkisofs to genisoimage in the control file.

[Luka Prinčič (lukaprincic)]

this problem is still unfixed.
or can someone please provide a step by step temporary solution.
i am able to extract the deb, edit control file, but i don't know how to build a deb file back.

[Jeremy Wahl (thaluser)]

Here's a workaround:

Enter the following in the terminal:

-mkdir burn
-cd burn
-mkdir DEBIAN (this directory must be in caps)
-wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/b/burn/burn_0.4.3-2.1_i386.deb (this downloads the affected deb)
-dpkg-deb -e *.deb DEBIAN (this extracts the installation scripts)
-dpkg-deb -x *.deb . (this extracts the program files)
-nano -w DEBIAN/control (This allows you to edit the affected control file. The -w option disables word wrap.) In this text file change "cdrecord" to "wodim" and "mkisofs" to "genisoimage". Press F2 and then Y to save the file.
-mv *.deb .. (this moves the deb into another directory so it doesn't become part of the new deb)
-dpkg-deb -b . burn.deb (this builds the fixed deb)
-sudo gdebi burn.deb (this installs the deb along with its dependencies)

[Martin Jackson (mhjacks)]

I noticed the same thing on a fresh install of Hardy, though a machine that was upgraded from Gutsy was OK (presumably because cdrecord and mkisofs became virtual packages in Hardy).

My .diff
I built my own package from source and installed it locally. Attached is the control file diff I used.

Is there a chance this can be fixed in the repo? It really is useful to have command-line burning utilities

Thanks,
Marty

[Andrew Starr-Bochicchio (andrewsomething)]

Debdiff attached. Please review....

[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

I'd prefer if we did a minimal diff without things like Standards-Version updates. We will have to merge these changes from Debian manually again and they give us no benefit. Also please see http://people.ubuntu.com/~cjwatson/ubuntu-policy/ubuntu.diff

"
+ * Recommend that Standards-Version not be adjusted for Ubuntu revisions of
+ this manual, and in general that Standards-Version should not be changed
+ in Ubuntu for packages originating in Debian.
"

[Andrew Starr-Bochicchio (andrewsomething)]

minimal diff attached...

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package burn - 0.4.3-2.1ubuntu1

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burn (0.4.3-2.1ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low

  * debian/control:
   - Fixed Depends inorder to make package installable. (LP: #209813)
     Thanks to Jeremy Wahl and Martin Jackson .
    + Replaced cdrecord with wodim.
    + Replaced mkisofs with genisoimage.
   - Adhere to DebianMaintainerField spec.

 -- Andrew Starr-Bochicchio <email address hidden> Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:45:45 -0400