Hi Julien, On 22-08-18 23:20, Julien Puydt wrote: > When the package system doesn't manage to install something because of a > dep issue, it is generally able to explain why : > - point to a specific package which is either not available at all, or > not available in a right version ; > - point to a contradiction in the dep chain.
I agree with you. However, autopkgtest asks apt-get to install the required packages. AFAIK we as apt-get to output as much info as it can about the issue. If we want to know more, we need to write logic to detect that. To be honest, you are free to provide patches for that, but I am not going to write it. > It's such an error message which autopkgtest should report back, as it > contains precious information -- definitely not a fixed string with a > vague (and hypothetical) explanation! Reading your original report again, do you think the first block actually contained the info you needed? Than the text could read (something along these lines): ''' badpkg: Test dependencies are unsatisfiable. The output of apt-get dependency resolving is included in the log file. Please inspect it if you want to know what causes the non-installability. ''' Paul
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