Package: apt Version: 0.5.14 Severity: normal redwald:~# apt-get build-dep subversion Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done E: Some broken packages were found while trying to process build-dependencies for subversion. You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these. redwald:~# apt-get -f install Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
I presume the problem is that subversion's build-dependencies are unsatisfiable, but that's not what apt is telling me; instead, it's telling me my system is busted, which by its own subsequent testimony is not the case. -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "powerpc"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Cache-Limit "16777216"; Dir "/"; Dir::State "var/lib/apt/"; Dir::State::lists "lists/"; Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; Dir::State::userstatus "status.user"; Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status"; Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/"; Dir::Cache::archives "archives/"; Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin"; Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin"; Dir::Etc "etc/apt/"; Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf"; Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d"; Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences"; Dir::Bin ""; Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods"; Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10"; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; DPkg::Tools ""; DPkg::Tools::Options ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2"; -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) -- -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- # See sources.list(5) for more information, especialy # Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs # CDROMs are managed through the apt-cdrom tool. # experimental deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ ../project/experimental main deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ ../project/experimental main # unstable deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free # testing deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main # stable deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main # stable security deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main deb-src http://security.debian.org stable/updates main # testing security deb http://security.debian.org testing/updates main deb-src http://security.debian.org testing/updates main # deb http://snapshot.debian.net/archive/2003/05/14/debian unstable main -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: powerpc Kernel: Linux redwald 2.4.22-powerpc #1 Sat Oct 25 16:59:03 EST 2003 ppc Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 Versions of packages apt depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libgcc1 1:3.3.2-4 GCC support library ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.2-4 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 -- no debconf information
