Control: retitle -1 clang-19: buggy dependency syntax 1:19:1.7-11 confuses aptitude and apt/apt-get
On 2025-11-23 12:41:03 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > aptitude refuses to upgrade clang-19 to 1:19.1.7-17, apparently > due to buggy dependency syntax: > > Replaces: clang-tools-19 (<< 1:19:1.7-11) > Breaks: clang-tools-19 (<< 1:19:1.7-11) > > There's a colon (:) between the "19" and "1.7-11" instead of a > period. So, aptitude thinks that clang-19 breaks *any* version > of clang-tools-19 (while clang-19 recommends it). It also confuses apt and apt-get, which blindly remove clang-tools-19 as they do not check Recommends: $ apt-get install -s clang-19 [...] The following additional packages will be installed: clang-format-19 libclang-common-19-dev libclang-cpp19 libclang1-19 libllvm19 lld-19 llvm-19 llvm-19-dev llvm-19-linker-tools llvm-19-runtime llvm-19-tools The following packages will be REMOVED: clang-tools-19 The following packages will be upgraded: clang-19 clang-format-19 libclang-common-19-dev libclang-cpp19 libclang1-19 libllvm19 lld-19 llvm-19 llvm-19-dev llvm-19-linker-tools llvm-19-runtime llvm-19-tools [...] -- Vincent Lefèvre <[email protected]> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Pascaline project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
