mythtv-status: Depends: libmyth-perl but it is not going to be installed E: Broken packages

Bug #500540 reported by Stefan Pappalardo
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: mythtv-status

In one of the last updates of mythtv (weeklybuilds) update-manager recommended me to do a partial dist-upgrade. In the update mythtv-status was deinstalled. When I try to reinstall mythtv-status I get this.
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$ sudo LANG=C apt-get install mythtv-status
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.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  mythtv-status: Depends: libmyth-perl but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
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I've already activated testing repo in mcc as recommended in bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/+bug/500396

Please Help

Additional Information:

Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10

mythtv-status:
  Installiert: (keine)
  Kandidat: 0.7.3-2ubuntu2
  Versions-Tabelle:
     0.7.3-2ubuntu2 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages

libmyth-perl:
  Installiert: (keine)
  Kandidat: 0.22.0+fixes23003-0ubuntu0+mythbuntu3
  Versions-Tabelle:
     0.22.0+fixes23003-0ubuntu0+mythbuntu3 0
        500 http://weeklybuilds.mythbuntu.org karmic/main Packages
     0.22.0+fixes22594-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Dec 26 15:15:35 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: mythtv-status (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_DE:de
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
SourcePackage: mythtv-status
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic x86_64

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Stefan Pappalardo (sjuk) wrote :
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Stefan Pappalardo (sjuk) wrote :

I don't think that it is a duplicate. Especially the recommended workaround (activating testing repo) does not work. But there could be another kind of relation between the two bugs?!?

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Mario Limonciello (superm1) wrote :

it's the same root cause, but a different problem. This is actually a duplicate of bug 455542. I'm pushing something to the testing PPA right now that should address it.

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Stefan Pappalardo (sjuk) wrote :

OK. Installation is fine now.

$ sudo LANG=C apt-get install mythtv-status
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libconfig-auto-perl libconfig-inifiles-perl libyaml-perl libyaml-syck-perl
Suggested packages:
  molly-guard
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libconfig-auto-perl libconfig-inifiles-perl libyaml-perl libyaml-syck-perl mythtv-status
0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 243kB of archives.
After this operation, 946kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
Get:1 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main libconfig-inifiles-perl 2.49-1 [39.4kB]
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic/main mythtv-status 0.9.2-3~mythbuntu1 [32.8kB]
Get:3 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main libyaml-perl 0.70-1 [73.8kB]
Get:4 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe libconfig-auto-perl 0.20-2 [14.3kB]
Get:5 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main libyaml-syck-perl 1.07-1 [82.3kB]
Fetched 243kB in 0s (303kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package libconfig-inifiles-perl.
(Reading database ... 128681 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libconfig-inifiles-perl (from .../libconfig-inifiles-perl_2.49-1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libyaml-perl.
Unpacking libyaml-perl (from .../libyaml-perl_0.70-1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libconfig-auto-perl.
Unpacking libconfig-auto-perl (from .../libconfig-auto-perl_0.20-2_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libyaml-syck-perl.
Unpacking libyaml-syck-perl (from .../libyaml-syck-perl_1.07-1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package mythtv-status.
Unpacking mythtv-status (from .../mythtv-status_0.9.2-3~mythbuntu1_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up libconfig-inifiles-perl (2.49-1) ...
Setting up libyaml-perl (0.70-1) ...
Setting up libconfig-auto-perl (0.20-2) ...
Setting up libyaml-syck-perl (1.07-1) ...
Setting up mythtv-status (0.9.2-3~mythbuntu1) ...
 * Updating MythTV Status mythtv-status

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Stefan Pappalardo (sjuk) wrote :

And the Disk Information is fine too.

Linux obelix 2.6.31-16-generic #53-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 8 04:02:15 UTC 2009 x86_64

To access official Ubuntu documentation, please visit:
http://help.ubuntu.com/

MythTV status for localhost
===========================
Status..........: 28.12.2009, 20:20
Total Disk Space: Total space is 918.8 GB, with 652.9 GB used (71.1%)

Encoders:
obelix (1) - Watching LiveTV
obelix (2) - Idle

Recording Now:
Love and Other Disasters (SAT.1) Ends: 22:00:00

Scheduled Recordings:
2009-12-29 08:30:00 - Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten (RTL Television)
2009-12-29 20:14:00 - Die Simpsons (ProSieben)
2009-12-29 20:44:00 - Die Simpsons (ProSieben)

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Thanx a lot

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