severity 218037 normal merge 218037 214736 thanks On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 03:51:12PM +1100, Jim Watson wrote:
> Please see below: results of dpkg -l apt > > sun:/home/jim# apt-get update > Hit ftp://ftp.au.debian.org unstable/main Packages > Hit ftp://ftp.au.debian.org unstable/main Release > Hit ftp://ftp.au.debian.org unstable/contrib Packages > Hit ftp://ftp.au.debian.org unstable/contrib Release > Hit ftp://ftp.au.debian.org unstable/non-free Packages > Hit ftp://ftp.au.debian.org unstable/non-free Release > Hit ftp://ftp.au.debian.org unstable/main Sources > Hit ftp://ftp.au.debian.org unstable/main Release > Hit ftp://ftp.au.debian.org unstable/contrib Sources > Hit ftp://ftp.au.debian.org unstable/contrib Release > Hit ftp://ftp.au.debian.org unstable/non-free Sources > Hit ftp://ftp.au.debian.org unstable/non-free Release > Reading Package Lists... Done > > sun:/home/jim# dpkg -l apt > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed > |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: > uppercase=bad) > ||/ Name Version Description > +++-==============-==============-============================================ > ii apt 0.5.14 Advanced front-end for dpkg > > sun:/home/jim# dpkg -l bison > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed > |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: > uppercase=bad) > ||/ Name Version Description > +++-==============-==============-============================================ > ii bison 1.875a-1 A parser generator that is compatible with > Y > sun:/home/jim# Build-Depends: bison (<= 1:1.75-1) | bison (>= 1:1.875a-1), debhelper (>= 4.0.9) | debhelper (= 4.0.2.openoffice), flex | flex-old, libpam0g-dev | libpam-dev, libxaw7-dev, tcsh, unzip, zip, g++-3.3 (>= 1:3.3.1-1) | g++-3.0 [!powerpc], autoconf (>= 2.54), j2sdk1.3 [!s390], sharutils, libcrimson-java, libxalan-java, libxalan2-java, libgtk2.0-dev, pkg-config, libpng12-dev | libpng2-dev, libjpeg62-dev, libtiff3g-dev, libart-2.0-dev (>= 2.3.13), imagemagick, xutils, libfontconfig1-dev, binutils (>= 2.14.90.0.6-3) [sparc], libc6 (>= 2.3.2-1) [powerpc], gimp-perl | gimp1.2-perl, xvfb, xbase-clients, xfonts-base This is a known limitation of apt-get build-dep; it only attempts to install the first alternative in a group. So if this |-expression is reversed, this particular problem should be solved. See #214736 for details. -- - mdz
