Package: diffoscope Version: 94~bpo9+1 Severity: normal Hi,
diffoscope 94~bpo9+1 depends on python3-distutils which is not present in stretch-backports (and it doesn't look like it is just failing to migrate or stuck in NEW). Regards, Moritz --- schlarb-1:~ # apt -t stretch-backports install diffoscope Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 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. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: diffoscope : Depends: python3-distutils but it is not going to be installed Recommends: xmlutils but it is not installable E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. schlarb-1:~ # apt policy python3-distutils python3-distutils: Installed: (none) Candidate: 3.6.5~rc1-1 Version table: 3.6.5-3 50 50 http://ftp.uni-mainz.de/debian unstable/main amd64 Packages 50 http://ftp.uni-mainz.de/debian unstable/main i386 Packages 50 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 Packages 50 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable/main i386 Packages 3.6.5~rc1-1 60 60 http://ftp.uni-mainz.de/debian testing/main amd64 Packages 60 http://ftp.uni-mainz.de/debian testing/main i386 Packages 60 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages 60 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian testing/main i386 Packages -- System Information: Debian Release: 9.4 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (700, 'stable-updates'), (700, 'stable'), (60, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-6-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)