octave-general (and other octave-* modules) requires octave3.0 and won't install with only octave3.2

[Fabrice Gabolde]

Binary package hint: octave-general

This bug can be found on Karmic (first release to include octave3.2 in the repositories) (amd64).

octave-general 1.0.7-2 and apparently other octave-* modules depend on octave3.0 for installation. Octave 3.2 is present on the system and was installed through the repositories, but doesn't satisfy the dependencies, although it is feature-compatible.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open a terminal.
2. Run "sudo apt-get install octave3.2".
3. Run "sudo apt-get install octave-general".

Package should then be installed as all features required are provided by octave3.2, but APT tries to install octave3.0 instead to satisfy dependencies. Bug can be reproduced every time. Bug can also be reproduced with other octave-* packages.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Oct 30 21:39:34 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: octave-general (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: octave-general
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64

[Andy Pascall (apascall)]

Confirmed and quite annoying.

[Andy Pascall (apascall)]

Fixed in Lucid

[Iulian Udrea (iulian)]

Thank you. I'm closing this now.