Package: erlang Version: 1:19.1.6+dfsg-2~bpo8+1 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,
Trying to install erlang 1.19 from backport in my debian 8.5 sudo apt-get -V -t jessie-backports install erlang i noticed that only erlang will be installeded. $ LANG=en apt-cache -t jessie-backports policy erlang erlang-base erlang: Installed: 1:19.1.6+dfsg-2~bpo8+1 Candidate: 1:19.1.6+dfsg-2~bpo8+1 Version table: *** 1:19.1.6+dfsg-2~bpo8+1 0 990 http://http.debian.net/debian/ jessie-backports/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:17.3-dfsg-4 0 500 http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian/ jessie/main amd64 Packages erlang-base: Installed: 1:17.3-dfsg-4 Candidate: 1:19.1.6+dfsg-2~bpo8+1 Version table: 1:19.1.6+dfsg-2~bpo8+1 0 990 http://http.debian.net/debian/ jessie-backports/main amd64 Packages *** 1:17.3-dfsg-4 0 500 http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debi Depedencies wont be 'pulled'. I tried with another package in backport and no problem. -- System Information: Debian Release: 8.5 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=el_GR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=el_GR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages erlang depends on: ii erlang-asn1 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-base 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-common-test 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-corba 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-crypto 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-debugger 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-dev 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-dialyzer 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-diameter 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-edoc 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-eldap 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-erl-docgen 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-et 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-eunit 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-gs 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-ic 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-inets 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-megaco 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-mnesia 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-observer 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-odbc 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-os-mon 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-parsetools 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-percept 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-public-key 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-reltool 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-runtime-tools 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-snmp 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-ssh 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-ssl 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-syntax-tools 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-tools 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-typer 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-wx 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-xmerl 1:17.3-dfsg-4 Versions of packages erlang recommends: ii erlang-examples 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-ic-java 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-jinterface 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-mode 1:17.3-dfsg-4 ii erlang-src 1:17.3-dfsg-4 Versions of packages erlang suggests: pn erlang-doc <none> pn erlang-manpages <none> -- no debconf information