Error in package dependencies for autoconf

[Hendrik de Wilde-Geisler]

Binary package hint: autoconf

I experiment with GCC 4.5.0. For that I need autoconf 2.64. There is a Synaptic Package 2.64-2 that seems to fill my needs, however I can not install that without also including the main Lucid Lynx package 2.65-3ubuntu1.

When compiling the newer version is used, making the build collapse.

The same is true for automake. There I need version 1.10 which I cannot install without also getting version 1.11.

I would advice to install an automated check if an older package is declared dependent on a newer version of the same package.
Someone might have had a very inattentive moment, but given that it happens with two related packages at the same time I suggest to look for an error in a script somewhere.

Another possible cause is that the older autoconf is made dependent on the newer automake and the older automake dependent on the newer autoconf, ending with a loop if you draw it as a dependency graph, because both newer packages are of course also dependent.

All of this happened since installing Lucid Lynx.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: autoconf 2.65-3ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun May 2 19:52:48 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=de_DE.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: autoconf

[dino99 (9d9)]

There is no support for deprecated version having died a long time ago