Your message dated Wed, 21 Jan 2026 12:44:28 +0300
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and subject line Re: Bug#1125932: qemu-user-static (1:10.0.7+ds-0+deb13u1+b1)
dependency loop with qemu-user and qemu-user-binfmt
has caused the Debian Bug report #1125932,
regarding installing qemu-user-static is not possible from sid due to cruft
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1125932: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1125932
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: qemu-user-static
Version: 1:10.0.3+ds-3
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Dear Maintainer,
What led up to the situation:
I attempted to install `pbuilder` and `qemu-user-static` for cross-build
environment, but encountered an unresolvable dependency loop between
qemu-related packages.
What exactly I did:
1. Ran `sudo apt update` to synchronize package lists.
2. Ran `sudo apt install pbuilder qemu-user-static` to install required build
tools.
What was the outcome of this action:
The installation failed with a dependency conflict error. Key issues:
1. My current installed version of `qemu-user-static` is 1:10.0.3+ds-3, which
depends on `qemu-user (>= 1:10.0.7+ds-0+deb13u1+b1)` and `qemu-user-binfmt (>=
1:10.0.7+ds-0+deb13u1+b1)`.
2. The Debian unstable repository provides a newer version of `qemu-user`
(1:10.2.0+ds-2), whose recommended dependency `qemu-user-binfmt
(1:10.2.0+ds-2)` breaks the existing `qemu-user-static`.
3. This forms a closed dependency loop: upgrading to satisfy dependencies
breaks existing packages, while keeping existing packages fails to meet the
dependency requirements of `qemu-user-static`.
4. The error log shows "Unable to satisfy dependencies. Reached two conflicting
assignments" (detailed logs are attached).
What outcome I expected instead:
`qemu-user-static` should be installed successfully without dependency
conflicts, or the package's `Depends`/`Breaks` fields should be configured to
avoid such a loop.
Additional Notes:
1. The bug exists in Debian forky/sid (unstable) branch.
2. No existing bug reports in the Debian BTS cover this specific dependency
loop.
3. Attached are the full system information, package version details, and error
logs for further verification.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
APT prefers unstable-debug
APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 6.18.3+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=zh_CN.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=zh_CN.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=zh_CN:zh_CN:zh
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages qemu-user-static depends on:
ii qemu-user 1:10.0.3+ds-3
ii qemu-user-binfmt 1:10.0.3+ds-3
qemu-user-static recommends no packages.
qemu-user-static suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
The cruft package which caused this issue to exist -
qemu-user-static version 1:10.0.7+ds-0+deb13u1+b1 -
has now been removed from sid, so this issue is now
fixed.
Closing this bug report now.
Thanks,
/mjt
--- End Message ---
