dpchr...@holgerdanske.com wrote: >debian-users: > >I downloaded debian-9.5.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1.iso several months ago via: > >https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/jigdo-cd/
<snip> - image sounds ok. <snip> - basic d-i setup >It fails with a pop-up dialog: > > [!] Select and install software > Installation step failed > An installation step failed. You can try to run the failing item again >from the menu, or > skip it and choose something else. The failing step is: Select and >install software > >Note that I did not select a mirror. > >Apparently, debian-9.5.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1.iso is missing the packages >required for a default installation (?). > >If I go back and use a network mirror (my local Approx server), I can >finish the install successfully: > >Can anyone confirm this bug? Yes. I've just tested it and I can see the same problem. By switching to the syslog (VT4) I can see that there problem is with the mutt package: --- Nov 2 18:14:59 in-target: The following packages have unmet dependencies: Nov 2 18:14:59 in-target: mutt : Depends: libgpgme11 (>= 1.2.0) but it is not installable Nov 2 18:14:59 in-target: Depends: libnotmuch4 (>= 0.21~rc1) but it is not installable Nov 2 18:14:59 in-target: E: in-target: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. --- There is a bug here, and I think it's possibly in tasksel. Mutt is not on the installation CD, and neither are its dependencies libgpgme11 and libnotmuch4. *However*, the installer has automatically added security.debian.org to the sources.list of the new system and peformed an "apt-get update". This found a security update for mutt, and mutt is Priority: standard so tasksel decided it should be installed. But the dependencies are not on security.debian.org and not on the CD --> problem. That's how this becomes a problem. For now, if you have security updates installed then you'll need to enable a mirror or start with a larger installation CD. Sorry... :-/ -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "Further comment on how I feel about IBM will appear once I've worked out whether they're being malicious or incompetent. Capital letters are forecast." Matthew Garrett, http://www.livejournal.com/users/mjg59/30675.html
