Lucid (10.04) daily 20100220 linux-backports-modules-nouveau-lucid-generic: Depends: linux-backports-modules-nouveau-2.6.32-14-generic but it is not installable

[Michael Evans]

Feb 20 08:55:58 in-target: Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
Feb 20 08:55:58 in-target: requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
Feb 20 08:55:58 in-target: distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
Feb 20 08:55:58 in-target: or been moved out of Incoming.
Feb 20 08:55:58 in-target: The following information may help to resolve the situation:
Feb 20 08:55:58 in-target:
Feb 20 08:55:58 in-target: The following packages have unmet dependencies:
Feb 20 08:55:58 in-target: linux-backports-modules-nouveau-lucid-generic: Depends: linux-backports-modules-nouveau-2.6.32-14-generic but it is not installable
Feb 20 08:55:58 in-target: E:
Feb 20 08:55:58 in-target: Broken packages
Feb 20 08:55:58 in-target: tasksel: aptitude failed (100)
Feb 20 08:55:58 main-menu[465]: WARNING **: Configuring 'pkgsel' failed with error code 1
Feb 20 08:55:58 main-menu[465]: WARNING **: Menu item 'pkgsel' failed.
Feb 20 09:00:17 main-menu[465]: DEBUG: resolver (libnewt0.52): package doesn't exist (ignored)
Feb 20 09:00:17 main-menu[465]: DEBUG: resolver (ext2-modules): package doesn't exist (ignored)
Feb 20 09:00:17 main-menu[465]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for console-setup-udeb
Feb 20 09:00:27 main-menu[465]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for console-setup-udeb
Feb 20 09:00:27 main-menu[465]: INFO: Menu item 'save-logs' selected

[Michael Evans (mjevans1983)]

Confirmed also fails in a VM as well as when using a net-install from a USB drive.

[Andy Whitcroft (apw)]

This is just version skew between the kernel and linux-backports-modules and in development is common due to the required upload order of the kernel packages. The kernel must hit the archive before we can build the LBM packages as they require the headers packages from the linux. However until LBM is then uploaded built linux-meta will trigger this error. When this is seen you should find you are recommended to not apply the updates by apt. Once LBM (now uploaded) hits the archive the upgrade should apply correctly.

[Michael Evans (mjevans1983)]

Confirmed fixed when using net-install to download. Now I'm running in to other bugs... Thank you for the quick resolution.

It seems like this is something an automated test should catch and hold production of the daily images over.

[Søren Holm (sgh)]

This bug is not fixed. I still get the dependency error.