does not parse compound depends properly

[Tormod Volden]

Binary package hint: gdebi

gdebi refuses to install dpkg 1.15.5.6ubuntu4.5 and complains "Error: Breaks existing package 'grub-common' dependency dpkg (<= 1.14.25)"

Apparently this is because grub-common has these deps:

Depends: base-files (>= 4.0.1~), dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info | dpkg (<= 1.14.25), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), libc6 (>= 2.8), libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.20), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), gettext-base

so it looks like even though the first "dpkg (>= 1.15.4)" alternative is satisfied, it borks on " dpkg (<= 1.14.25)".

Installing the package on the command line with dpkg -i works perfectly.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: gdebi 0.6.0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.39-3.10-generic 2.6.39
Uname: Linux 2.6.39-3-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jun 17 00:43:15 2011
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gdebi

[Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz)]

This is related to python-apt, easily reproducible with DebPackage class.