Package: python
Version: 2.7.17-2
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
Hi,
the python package is currently uninstallable in Debian unstable:
output-version: 1.2
report:
-
package: python
version: 2.7.17-2
architecture: amd64
status: broken
reasons:
-
missing:
pkg:
package: libpython-stdlib
version: 2.7.17-2
architecture: amd64
unsat-dependency: libpython2-stdlib (= 2.7.17-2)
depchains:
-
depchain:
-
package: python
version: 2.7.17-2
architecture: amd64
depends: libpython-stdlib (= 2.7.17-2)
Maybe this is intentional because of the imminent removal of python 2.
What is problematic here is, that python is also priority:standard. My
package mmdebstrap is a debootstrap replacement and in addition to being
able to install packages with priorities required and important, it can
also install all packages with priority standard. If a package from the
priority:standard set is not installable, then this also breaks the unit
tests and autopkgtest of mmdebstrap and thus, python not being
installable is currently blocking my mmdebstrap development. I see
several ways to resolve this:
- fix the installability problem (there seems to be a version mismatch)
- remove the python package
- adjust the priority to something less important than "standard"
- add a rule to mmdebstrap to ignore a package named python
Since the uninstallability has now been a thing for over a week, I'm
filing this bug to inquire about the best way forward.
Thanks!
cheers, josch
