On 2017-08-02 15:51 -0500, Kent West wrote: > I'm running Sid (so I know brokenness happens), and I got bit by bug > #869670, "linux-headers-4.11.0-2-amd64 : Depends: > linux-headers-4.11.0-2-common (= 4.11.11-1+b1) but it is not going to be > installed". > > I expected that a "grave" bug might get fixed pretty rapidly, so I've not > worried too much about it, refreshing the bug report screen in my > web-browser two or three times a day looking for any movement, but it's > been nearly two weeks, and the only movement I've seen was me chiming in a > "Me too, updates?" type post.
It's fixed in the git master branch, but this branch currently tracks Linux 4.12, no idea when that might hit unstable. > So I'm guessing it's not going to be fixed anytime soon. Can someone > suggest a work-around? Perhaps a switch to aptitude/apt-get for force the > install despite the broken dependency, etc? I need the header files for > VirtualBox modules to recompile, so I can once again run my VirtualBox > machines. You can obtain the previous version of linux-headers-4.11.0-2-amd64 from snapshot.debian.org: http://snapshot.debian.org/package/linux/4.11.11-1/#linux-headers-4.11.0-2-amd64_4.11.11-1 Cheers, Sven
