I try to install autoconf2.13 from woody, I see the following output
$ sudo apt-get install autoconf2.13/stable
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Selected version 2.13-43 (Debian:3.0r1a/stable) for autoconf2.13
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:
autoconf2.13: Depends: autoconf (>= 2.50) but it is not going to be installed Depends: perl but it is not going to be installed Depends: libfile-temp-perl
E: Broken packages
$
The message from apt about unmet dependencies is grossly misleading;
I do have all of autoconf (>=2.50), perl and libfile-temp-perl.
The actual reason for the refusal seems to be that autoconf 2.57-11
declares a conflict against autoconf2.13 (<<2.13-47). But the only way
I found that out was by knowing in advance know that there is some
intimate interaction between the maintainer script of the two
autoconfs, so they may do something like that.
(And why would one want to do exactly this? One probably wouldn't, but
I originallty came across the problem when I tried to selectively
upgrade autoconf to unstable on a woody box and apt-get insisted on
removing autoconf2.13 without giving any good explanation why).
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux haimon 2.4.18 #1 Wed Oct 8 10:00:27 CEST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.iso88591
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:3.3.2-1 GCC support library
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.2-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
Package: apt
Version: 0.5.14
Severity: normal
If, on system with the following installed, all current from unstable:
apt 0.5.14
perl 5.8.1-4
perl-modules 5.8.1-4 (provides libtile-temp-perl)
autoconf 2.57-11
I try to install autoconf2.13 from woody, I see the following output
$ sudo apt-get install autoconf2.13/stable 3.0r1a/ stable) for autoconf2.13
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Selected version 2.13-43 (Debian:
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:
Depends: perl but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libfile-temp-perl
autoconf2.13: Depends: autoconf (>= 2.50) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
$
The message from apt about unmet dependencies is grossly misleading;
I do have all of autoconf (>=2.50), perl and libfile-temp-perl.
The actual reason for the refusal seems to be that autoconf 2.57-11
declares a conflict against autoconf2.13 (<<2.13-47). But the only way
I found that out was by knowing in advance know that there is some
intimate interaction between the maintainer script of the two
autoconfs, so they may do something like that.
(And why would one want to do exactly this? One probably wouldn't, but
I originallty came across the problem when I tried to selectively
upgrade autoconf to unstable on a woody box and apt-get insisted on
removing autoconf2.13 without giving any good explanation why).
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT ""; Essential ""; Essential: : "build-essential"; :userstatus "status.user"; dpkg/status" ; :archives "archives/"; :srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin"; :pkgcache "pkgcache.bin"; :sourcelist "sources.list"; :vendorlist "vendors.list"; :vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; :preferences "preferences"; apt/methods" ; Install- Pkgs ""; Install- Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/ dpkg-preconfigu re --apt || true";
APT::Architecture "i386";
APT::Build-
APT::Build-
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt/";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State:
Dir::State::status "/var/lib/
Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/";
Dir::Cache:
Dir::Cache:
Dir::Cache:
Dir::Etc "etc/apt/";
Dir::Etc:
Dir::Etc:
Dir::Etc:
Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc:
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-
DPkg::Pre-
-- (no /etc/apt/ preferences present) --
-- /etc/apt/ sources. list --
# deb ftp://ftp. uk.debian. org/debian stable contrib main uk.debian. org/debian stable main uk.debian. org/debian- non-US stable non-US/main non-US/contrib uk.debian. org/debian- non-US stable non-US/main
# deb-src ftp://ftp.
# deb ftp://ftp.
# deb-src ftp://ftp.
deb http:// ftp.uk. debian. org/debian stable main
deb http:// ftp.uk. debian. org/debian unstable contrib main ftp.uk. debian. org/debian unstable main ftp.uk. debian. org/debian- non-US unstable non-US/main non-US/contrib ftp.uk. debian. org/debian- non-US unstable non-US/main
deb-src http://
deb http://
deb-src http://
deb http:// security. debian. org/ stable/updates contrib main security. debian. org/ stable/updates main
deb-src http://
deb ftp://ftp. diku.dk/ diku/users/ jpsecher/ debian sarge main non-free contrib diku.dk/ diku/users/ jpsecher/ debian sarge main non-free contrib
deb-src ftp://ftp.
-- System Information: en_GB.iso88591
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux haimon 2.4.18 #1 Wed Oct 8 10:00:27 CEST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:3.3.2-1 GCC support library
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.2-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
-- no debconf information