circular build dependency between ubuntu-release-upgrader and update-manager

Bug #1632072 reported by anarcat
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Wishlist
Unassigned
update-manager (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

trying to build ubuntu-release-upgrader from scratch on another debian platform gives an impossible build dependency:

Source: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
               python3-all,
               python3-distutils-extra,
               python3-apt (>= 0.8.5~),
               lsb-release,
               python3-update-manager,
               apt-clone (>= 0.2.3~ubuntu2)

Source: update-manager
[...]
Package: python3-update-manager
Architecture: all
Section: python
Replaces: update-manager-core (<< 1:0.163)
Breaks: update-manager-core (<< 1:0.163)
Depends: ${python3:Depends},
         ${misc:Depends},
         python3-apt (>= 0.8.5~),
         python3-distupgrade,
         python3-launchpadlib,
         lsb-release

python3-distupgrade is a binary package of ... ubuntu-release-upgrader! so to build ubuntu-release-upgrader, one needs python3-update-manager, which cannot be installed because it depends on the python3-distupgrade binary package, provided by the ubuntu-release-upgrader source package..

it seems to me the DistUpgrade library could be moved to python3-update-manager or python3-apt, to resolve this loop.

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Ark74 (ark74) wrote :

I'm new to building, and packaging and I have noticed this too, is this a bug or some advance method to achieve this?

@anarcat did you ever got this sorted out?

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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anarcat (anarcat) wrote :

> @anarcat did you ever got this sorted out?

No, I gave up on this project.

Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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