Hey On Sat, Nov 06, 2010, Roger Leigh wrote: > That attached patch is a crude attempt to find and eliminate > provided virtual packages before we try to install them. > If you could try it (against current git master), that would > be great. > > I could still do with the debug output and other tests from > my earlier mails, though.
I tried applying the patch on top of 0.60.4 which I think is posterior to this comment, but I got: ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Install core build dependencies (internal resolver) │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Build-Depends: build-essential, fakeroot Checking for already installed dependencies... build-essential: already installed (11.5) fakeroot: already installed (1.14.4-1ubuntu1) Checking for dependency conflicts... Installing positive dependencies: Removing negative dependencies: Checking correctness of dependencies... ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Install dpkg build dependencies (internal resolver) │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Build-Depends: base-files, base-passwd, bash, coreutils, dash, debianutils, diffutils, dpkg, e2fsprogs, findutils, grep, gzip, hostname, ncurses-base, ncurses-bin, perl-base, sed, login, sysvinit-utils, sysvinit, tar, bsdutils, mount, util-linux, libc6-dev | libc-dev, gcc (>= 4:4.4.3), g++ (>= 4:4.4.3), make, dpkg-dev (>= 1.13.5), debhelper (>= 6.0.7), pkg-config, gettext (>= 0.18), po4a (>= 0.33.1), libncursesw5-dev, zlib1g-dev (>= 1:1.1.3-19.1), libbz2-dev, flex, libselinux1-dev (>= 1.28-4), libtimedate-perl, libio-string-perl Checking for already installed dependencies... base-files: already installed (5.0.0ubuntu25) base-passwd: already installed (3.5.22) bash: already installed (4.1-2ubuntu4) coreutils: already installed (8.5-1ubuntu3) dash: already installed (0.5.5.1-7ubuntu1) debianutils: already installed (3.4.1) diffutils: already installed (1:3.0-1) dpkg: already installed (1.15.8.5ubuntu1) e2fsprogs: already installed (1.41.12-1ubuntu2) findutils: already installed (4.4.2-1ubuntu1) grep: already installed (2.6.3-3) gzip: already installed (1.3.12-9ubuntu1.1) hostname: already installed (3.04ubuntu1) ncurses-base: already installed (5.7+20100626-0ubuntu1) ncurses-bin: already installed (5.7+20100626-0ubuntu1) perl-base: already installed (5.10.1-15ubuntu2) sed: already installed (4.2.1-7) login: already installed (1:4.1.4.2-1ubuntu3) sysvinit-utils: already installed (2.87dsf-4ubuntu18) sysvinit: missing tar: already installed (1.23-2) bsdutils: already installed (1:2.17.2-0ubuntu1) mount: already installed (2.17.2-0ubuntu1) util-linux: already installed (2.17.2-0ubuntu1) libc6-dev: already installed (2.12.1-0ubuntu7) gcc: already installed (4:4.5.1-1ubuntu2 >= 4:4.4.3 is satisfied) g++: already installed (4:4.5.1-1ubuntu2 >= 4:4.4.3 is satisfied) make: already installed (3.81-8) dpkg-dev: already installed (1.15.8.5ubuntu1 >= 1.13.5 is satisfied) debhelper: missing Using default version 8.0.0ubuntu1 pkg-config: missing gettext: missing Using default version 0.18.1.1-1ubuntu2 po4a: missing Using default version 0.40.1-1 libncursesw5-dev: missing zlib1g-dev: missing Using default version 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3ubuntu1 libbz2-dev: missing flex: missing libselinux1-dev: missing Using default version 2.0.96-1 libtimedate-perl: already installed (1.2000-1) libio-string-perl: missing Checking for dependency conflicts... E: Package 'sysvinit' has no installation candidate Installing positive dependencies: sysvinit debhelper pkg-config gettext po4a libncursesw5-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev flex libselinux1-dev libio-string-perl Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... E: Package 'sysvinit' has no installation candidate apt-get failed. Package installation failed Not removing build depends: cloned chroot in use [...] Cheers, -- Loïc Minier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org